The Bradley Amendment at work... again.

It's way past time for that stupid law to be repealed. Look at the mess
that it's creating and these guys didn't do anything! But sure as the sun's
gonna rise in the sky somewhere, they're gonna get the shaft because of it
though...
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http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d...S01/603100417/

No check, but child support still owed
By Janice Morse | Enquirer Staff Writer

As the paychecks for locked-out AK Steel workers stop rolling in, Michael
Murphy will be worrying about more than just paying the mortgage and the
grocery bills.

Murphy is one of about 300 employees at the Middletown works who owe
court-ordered child support payments. It remains unclear whether they will
be penalized for failing to make those payments when the paychecks stop, a
situation that starts today for many workers.

"Unfortunately, there's no stay that we get to defer that payment," said
Murphy, 48, of Middletown, who pays to support two children in Montgomery
County. "It gets a little rough without money coming in ... $800 a month is
not easy to come up with."

Of the 2,700 workers locked out March 1, about 300 had weekly payments
deducted through the Butler County Child Support Enforcement Agency. Dozens
more are on child-support payment rosters in Clermont, Hamilton and Warren
counties.

If the workers miss a month of payments, they could lose their driver's
licenses and face other penalties.
Child-support authorities say they want to work with the locked-out AK
employees. They're just not sure what they can do. Attorney Ray Pater,
deputy director of Butler's child-support agency, is doing legal research.

Many AK workers have called the office in a panic, said agency Director
Cyndi Brown.

She sympathizes with the workers' plight, but she also worries about the
children.

"You can't blame the AK Steel workers, because what has happened is out of
their control," she said. With many creditors, payments can be negotiated.
"But with child support, you have to go to a court or a hearing in our
agency to have that bill reduced."

Brown's office has two employees who do "review hearings" where reduced
payments may be considered. "We're just going to be inundated," Brown said.
"I'm just hoping they can reach an agreement soon. That would be the best
thing for those workers, for the children, for the community and for this
agency."

So if a couple is married and the man goes on strike, the lids just
have to suck it up as the family makes due as best they can, but if
they are divorced, then the government decrees that the man must pay,
period.

Chalk one up for yet another idiotic piece of legislation that does
not take into acount real world problems and conditions.

If I had a drawer full of cash I would be tempted to challenge that
law on the basis of unequal treatment. No law should force divorced
parents to undergo any treatment which is not handed out to married
parents. I call that discrimination on the basis of marital status.

Oh well, just another pile of crap that might get worked out in 100
years after the suffering of hundreds of thousands.

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:56:26 -0500, "Dusty" wrote:

It's way past time for that stupid law to be repealed. Look at the mess
that it's creating and these guys didn't do anything! But sure as the sun's
gonna rise in the sky somewhere, they're gonna get the shaft because of it
though...
----------------------------------------------------------

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d...S01/603100417/

No check, but child support still owed
By Janice Morse | Enquirer Staff Writer

As the paychecks for locked-out AK Steel workers stop rolling in, Michael
Murphy will be worrying about more than just paying the mortgage and the
grocery bills.

Murphy is one of about 300 employees at the Middletown works who owe
court-ordered child support payments. It remains unclear whether they will
be penalized for failing to make those payments when the paychecks stop, a
situation that starts today for many workers.

"Unfortunately, there's no stay that we get to defer that payment," said
Murphy, 48, of Middletown, who pays to support two children in Montgomery
County. "It gets a little rough without money coming in ... $800 a month is
not easy to come up with."

Of the 2,700 workers locked out March 1, about 300 had weekly payments
deducted through the Butler County Child Support Enforcement Agency. Dozens
more are on child-support payment rosters in Clermont, Hamilton and Warren
counties.

If the workers miss a month of payments, they could lose their driver's
licenses and face other penalties.
Child-support authorities say they want to work with the locked-out AK
employees. They're just not sure what they can do. Attorney Ray Pater,
deputy director of Butler's child-support agency, is doing legal research.

Many AK workers have called the office in a panic, said agency Director
Cyndi Brown.

She sympathizes with the workers' plight, but she also worries about the
children.

"You can't blame the AK Steel workers, because what has happened is out of
their control," she said. With many creditors, payments can be negotiated.
"But with child support, you have to go to a court or a hearing in our
agency to have that bill reduced."

Brown's office has two employees who do "review hearings" where reduced
payments may be considered. "We're just going to be inundated," Brown said.
"I'm just hoping they can reach an agreement soon. That would be the best
thing for those workers, for the children, for the community and for this
agency."

"NewMan" wrote in

Chalk one up for yet another idiotic piece of legislation that does
not take into acount real world problems and conditions.

Since when did the Government ever concern itself with real world problems?
Their only mission is to appease high pressure lobby groups and keep the
votes coming.