Last session, the latest drive against “deadbeat dads” as they are called, resulted in the passage of legislation known as the PRWORA bill, which stands for The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. As a result, the legislature, whose members have to run for election periodically, apparently does not feel satisfied to leave bad enough alone. No, these laws do not sweep all potential payers in their net. The inherent power of the court to impose incarceration as a sanction for failing to remedy a contempt citation is extremely powerful. No one, child support payers included, likes the idea of going to jail. Where there is no payroll, the law of remedial contempt is quite effective. As long as there is a payroll, the child support will be sucked right off the paycheck and the payer has no more choice in the matter than s/he does for paying FICA. No longer can payors argue that they should be “trusted” to make the payment.
One is the mandatory income assignment law.
There are two extremely effective laws for collecting child support which have been in effect of several years. Yet, in light of the most recent legislation, the question must be asked whether there is a point of diminishing returns.
These laws have done quite a bit of good and in some cases have been remarkably effective. For years now, the legislature has been preoccupied with passing laws to effectively collect child support.
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