MICHIGAN: Attorney General Mike Cox Hails Passage of Child SupportBills

God help the dads in Michgan.


Thursday December 9, 4:35 pm ET
Bills will make for better support collection system in Michigan

LANSING, Mich., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney General Mike Cox greeted
the passage of six bills today that will help in the collection of
unpaid child support. The bills concurred in today were House Bills (HB)
5372 and 5373, and Senate Bills (SB) 1447, 1448, 1449 and 1450.

"Unpaid child support is at epidemic levels in Michigan," Cox said.
"Michigan ranks as the third worst state when it comes to the amount of
owed child support payments, and I congratulate the legislature on
taking an active role to make a difference for our children. Our kids
deserve better, and these bills are a significant step in the right
direction."

Highlights of HB 5372 include amending current law so that if an
individual is arrested on a felony warrant for child support nonpayment,
the court would require the individual to remain in custody until the
preliminary exam unless the individual deposits a cash performance bond.
HB 5373 amends current law to specify that an individual arrested for
nonpayment would remain in custody until arraignment unless the
individual posts a cash bond of at least $500 or 25% of the arrearage,
whichever is greater.

"This bill makes a clear statement that neglecting your children's basic
needs will not be tolerated and you will go to jail for not paying child
support," said state Representative Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek), sponsor
of HB 5373. "By establishing stiffer penalties, we aim to decrease the
number of parents shirking their responsibilities."

Highlights of SB 1447 through 1450 include providing a lien on an
individual with past due support. The lien could be on an inheritance, a
claim for negligence or personal injury, and funds due from a
settlement, civil judgment, arbitration award, or worker's compensation.
The bills also mandate that a Title IV-D agency notify the "child
support lien network" (CSLN) when an individual's arrearage exceeds
twice the monthly payment amount.

"I was glad to introduce this legislation cracking down on people who
fail to pay their child support," said state Senator Tony Stamas
(R-Midland), sponsor of SB 1449. "It makes perfect sense to make
insurance claims subject to child support collections. Raising children
is a hard and costly job for any parent. The least we can do is make
sure deadbeat parents receiving insurance claims make good on their
overdue child support."

The bills will take effect immediately upon the Governor's signing.


Source: Michigan Attorney General

"David Briggman" wrote in message
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God help the dads in Michgan.


Thursday December 9, 4:35 pm ET
Bills will make for better support collection system in Michigan

LANSING, Mich., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney General Mike Cox greeted
the passage of six bills today that will help in the collection of unpaid
child support. The bills concurred in today were House Bills (HB) 5372 and
5373, and Senate Bills (SB) 1447, 1448, 1449 and 1450.

"Unpaid child support is at epidemic levels in Michigan," Cox said.
"Michigan ranks as the third worst state when it comes to the amount of
owed child support payments, and I congratulate the legislature on taking
an active role to make a difference for our children. Our kids deserve
better, and these bills are a significant step in the right direction."

Highlights of HB 5372 include amending current law so that if an
individual is arrested on a felony warrant for child support nonpayment,
the court would require the individual to remain in custody until the
preliminary exam unless the individual deposits a cash performance bond.
HB 5373 amends current law to specify that an individual arrested for
nonpayment would remain in custody until arraignment unless the individual
posts a cash bond of at least $500 or 25% of the arrearage, whichever is
greater.

"This bill makes a clear statement that neglecting your children's basic
needs will not be tolerated and you will go to jail for not paying child
support," said state Representative Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek), sponsor of
HB 5373. "By establishing stiffer penalties, we aim to decrease the number
of parents shirking their responsibilities."

BASIC needs? Since when do BASIC NEEDS and child support have anything to do
with each other? BASIC NEEDS are food, clothing, medical, and a place to
stay. If that's all that NCP's had to pay, we might see a much higher
compliance rate. I pay $560 per month plus all the medical insurance
(another $200/mo). Assuming that's half of my child's needs then the total I
lay out is $760/mo. Are you seriously going to say that it takes over $1500
a month for BASIC NEEDS? Cox is full of ****.

Highlights of SB 1447 through 1450 include providing a lien on an
individual with past due support. The lien could be on an inheritance, a
claim for negligence or personal injury, and funds due from a settlement,
civil judgment, arbitration award, or worker's compensation. The bills
also mandate that a Title IV-D agency notify the "child support lien
network" (CSLN) when an individual's arrearage exceeds twice the monthly
payment amount.

"I was glad to introduce this legislation cracking down on people who fail
to pay their child support," said state Senator Tony Stamas (R-Midland),
sponsor of SB 1449. "It makes perfect sense to make insurance claims
subject to child support collections. Raising children is a hard and
costly job for any parent. The least we can do is make sure deadbeat
parents receiving insurance claims make good on their overdue child
support."

Oh yeah, you guys just haven't been shaking us down hard enough...thats the
key.

The bills will take effect immediately upon the Governor's signing.


Source: Michigan Attorney General

Mike Cox is just an opportunist. He's the one that had posters put up
showing dads in handcuffs and ran a contest where kids could win a prize for
drawing the best "child support" poster kids or whatever. He's the master of
the cheap shot. Much of the supposed "owed money" has already been paid but
is lost in their system. Checks come up missing on her end when I've never
missed a payment on mine. When we compared notes, there were several hundred
dollars that just never showed up. When she called to ask about it she made
3 calls and got 3 different answers! Instead of trying to beat a dead horse
twice as hard, they need to clean up their own act first. It's a classic
game of shining the light at some diversion so that nobody notices the
incompetence of the people that are "managing" the money. I'd love to see
someone that had the means go after these bloodsuckers and find out exactly
where all the money is going. The reality is that they keep you so broke
that you can't chase it down.
Hey Mike, here are a few more things you can try:
Get tough on drugs
Get tough on child porn
Get tough on terrorists
Get tough on murderers...after all, it's all going to sound good and make
you seem like you are tough on crime and it's sure to get you votes and who
could possibly be against it? The formula will be very familiar to you!

"Fred" wrote in

Hey Mike, here are a few more things you can try:
Get tough on drugs
Get tough on child porn
Get tough on terrorists
Get tough on murderers...after all, it's all going to sound good and make
you seem like you are tough on crime and it's sure to get you votes and
who could possibly be against it? The formula will be very familiar to
you!


You have hit the nail on the head, Cox is only a politician and will not do
anything to jeopardize his position or his nice fat pension!
You have to understand that the DA's office will not prosecute any case that
they cannot win, it's bad for business.
Deadbeat Dads are a favorite because they are easy prey and make the
prosecuted statistical numbers look good for Cox.

At present, people like Cox are free to do what they like as there is nobody
to seriously challenge them!
What is needed is one national organization that can put on a united front!
There are 17,000,000 million of us, could you imagine the power we would
have if we all just kicked in 10 bucks to finance a legal team to take up
our issues?

We don't have to take on the whole system at one time, we target individuals
in the system like Cox and watch the house of cards fall apart as others are
put on notice that they will be held accountable for their actions.

Things have to change, but nothing changes unless we take action to defend
ourselves from these political predators!!!!

Here's a list of some lawsuits and assorted links to various means of
assistance in bringing down the status quo, bit by bit.
https://www.quickbase.com/db/99r7qj9f
Phil #3

"Lanark" wrote in message
link.net...

"Fred" wrote in

Hey Mike, here are a few more things you can try:
Get tough on drugs
Get tough on child porn
Get tough on terrorists
Get tough on murderers...after all, it's all going to sound good and make
you seem like you are tough on crime and it's sure to get you votes and
who could possibly be against it? The formula will be very familiar to
you!


You have hit the nail on the head, Cox is only a politician and will not
do anything to jeopardize his position or his nice fat pension!
You have to understand that the DA's office will not prosecute any case
that they cannot win, it's bad for business.
Deadbeat Dads are a favorite because they are easy prey and make the
prosecuted statistical numbers look good for Cox.

At present, people like Cox are free to do what they like as there is
nobody to seriously challenge them!
What is needed is one national organization that can put on a united
front!
There are 17,000,000 million of us, could you imagine the power we would
have if we all just kicked in 10 bucks to finance a legal team to take up
our issues?

We don't have to take on the whole system at one time, we target
individuals in the system like Cox and watch the house of cards fall apart
as others are put on notice that they will be held accountable for their
actions.

Things have to change, but nothing changes unless we take action to defend
ourselves from these political predators!!!!

"Lanark" wrote in message
link.net...
Hey Mike, here are a few more things you can try:
Get tough on drugs
Get tough on child porn
Get tough on terrorists

Actually, Mike Cox has gotten tough on others besides dad's, but it does
seem that everyone he's against ends up very hurt in the end.

Ask the people who own vineyards in Michigan what they think of Mike Cox.
He's against them sending their wine outside the state of Michigan and guess
what??? 2004 was a stellar year for the grapes here.

Pat

Mike Cox and others like him whether democratic or republican have
created a
whole new subserviant under-class. So-called
Dead-beat Dads must resist paying into this
welfare system!!

We don't have to fight back legally---we just have to reclaim our basic
rights as Humans
and resist this corrupt American Government!!