Servicemen victimized by child support system

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Posted: June 27, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern


By Jeffery M. Leving and Glenn Sacks


Congressional Republicans have taken enormous criticism from Democrats,
feminists and the mainstream media for making modest reductions in federal
subsidies to state child support enforcement efforts. Because these
enforcement
programs are popular on the left, child support enforcement agencies have
long
been able to operate with few questions asked. A highly publicized new
California court ruling demonstrates why it's time to bring restraint and
oversight to this area of government.

Taron James of Torrance, Calif., a decorated Navy veteran, carried out
hazardous
reconnaissance missions behind Iraqi lines in the aftermath of the first
Persian
Gulf War. While overseas, James was notified that a woman he knew back
home was
demanding that he pay child support for her newborn son. Los Angeles
County
entered a default paternity judgment against James, in part because James'
military commitments made it difficult for him to defend himself.

Despite DNA evidence that James was not the father, the county garnisheed
James'
wages for a decade and employed numerous punitive measures against him,
costing
him a management position and forcing him to drop out of college. James
eventually got the judgment set aside, but last week a California Court of
Appeal refused to order that James be reimbursed for the wages the county
garnisheed.

Unfortunately, the Taron James case is not uncommon. Many men -
particularly
those in the military - are targets of abusive child support enforcement
practices. While states receive federal funds for every child support
dollar
they collect, there are scant penalties for abuses. As a result,
enforcement
agencies have little incentive to give targeted men due process, to fix
mistakes, or to write off erroneously or unfairly accrued debt. Instead,
the
bureaucracy simply charges ahead in trying to collect as much as possible.

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"An Injustice To One Man, Woman or Child
Threatens Justice To All People Equally"
-Dean Tong