Ideas for reform @ Shannon Dollard Smith

July 28, 2008

Laws that don't make sense ~


The Custodial parent should not be expected to pay for filing or court costs, reimbursement for welfare;
This should be charged to the deadbeat who caused the matter to go back to court.

States should not run the child support agency. It should be run by a 3rd party under contract.

To have a 30+ year old law requiring a child support agency simply isn't good enough.

Someone has to be liable for the pain, suffering and loss of oppurtunities children experience when they don't receive their support.

Anyone who thinks that child support is not their problem, is sorely mistaken.

We all pay a huge social price when these children grow up.

There should be no wordage that says Child Support Services works in the interst of the state, not you as an individual.

If you are not welfare the state has no vested interest in your case, Is that why they don't collect anything?


Hold 3rd party corporations accountable for failure to collect.


3rd party corporations should implement a base pay plus salary for the "COLLECTORS" ~ Not "CASEWORKERS"


They get a standard wage & benefits as well as bonus based on actual collections.

The State should implememnt a fee from the deadbeat for failure to comply to help pay for the 3rd party corporation;
reducing the tax payers burden.


End Unfair/unconstitutional Income Share Models

2cd contempt should have mandatory 90 day sentence.

failure to show up for court dates ends in default against the deadbeat & a warrent issued for their immediate arrest.

Release not available with out paying at least 15% of arreages,court costs & other fees.


Children should automatically be placed on public assistant to cover the absent funds.
Again, the deadbeat will have to pay it back when he/she wants to get out of jail.


Parents who go to deadbeat@Jail should have to work state run prison job program for inmates with children.

They would work their 8 hour shifts and go back to the facility afterwards.

60% would go to the caregiver, 30% to the state for expenses, 10% to the inmate for personal supplies.

There they would be expected to maintain the facility, so that no tax payer expense would be needed for that.

These facilties should be made very child friendly and a place where a child would want to visit their parent.


Children born before 1975 or whose parents tried but failed secure an order
shall be able to retroactively persue an order for back due support after their 18th birthday.


There should be no statue of limitations and the cause shall be brought by the adult child.

The collected money would have to be split between the caretaker, reimbursement to the state if any, and the child.

Please help innocent children

Thank you