California Child Support suspension of drivers license law
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Nov 6th, 2014Someone from Norwalk, CA signed.
Nov 4th, 2014Someone from Rosemead, CA signed.
Nov 3rd, 2014Someone from Cypress, CA signed.
Nov 3rd, 2014Someone from Bakersfield, CA writes:
William Rountree I have been the noncustodial parent during most of my child's life. Not because I didn't have an adequate life style to provide for him. But during the years that my custody case was open. My child was under the age of five and california still honored maternal law. During these years I payed my child support directly to the courts threw payroll deductions. In 2008 I left my job in an attempt to find a better one in hopes that I would be able to spend more quality time with my son. Shortly after the economy dropped and it was difficult to find work. The next few years I bounced from job to job. It's became a never ending circle. I have no license. I go to a temp agency work hard pay off any and all back support and arrears. By that time the companies that I was working threw a temp agency for would hire me to work directly for them. I'd start working for them and it would take a week or two for the payroll change to happen. And what never fails to happen to me. Child support would then say I was in arrears and take my license. So last year I started working for a temp agency who assigned me to a company. I worked there for a few months paid off any and all back child support money and continued working up until this last July.When the company I was assigned to hired me.that was July 15. I thanked my new emp,over for the surprise job offer filled out my new employee packet and walked rite out the door to my desk and called child support. Told them I was just hired. The name number and address as well as the email of my new employer. Everything was fine. Until mid September when it was brought to my attention that my license was going to be suspended on October 25. Since the pay days didn't come on the first. I called my worker she said that the license suspension is done automatically threw the computer. To me this is unfair that even working I'm getting harassed and my job gets put on the line.the one thing no one is saying is that if we loose are jobs by this ridiculousness law. We will fall into arrears and when we do that they add a very high continual interest on are balance. This license suspension creates a system of failure to us and allows child support to accrue money threw are hardships to profit that organization.Oct 28th, 2014Someone from Paso Robles, CA writes:
I've had my DL suspended since March of 2012, and was unable to gain employment due to that issue. Now it's 2014, soon to be 2015 and I've been working and paying my child support through my garnished wages and my DL is still suspended. I emailed Madera DSS and got a phone call back from a gentleman there and the way he treated me was like I was a piece of (Blank). Anyway's yesterday on the 27th of October 2014 I went into the local DMV office to get a duplicate of my DL and I waited an hour and a half for them to tell me that the DL is still on hold through DCSS. I got a letter from the rude Madera County employee on October 2 of this year that stated my hold on my License has been taken off from Madera and Ventura Counties. This law hurts the ones that really have to pay. I never get to see my kids and yet I'm paying.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 23rd, 2014Someone from Azusa, CA signed.
Oct 23rd, 2014Someone from Pacific Palisades, CA writes:
How dumb,a law based on collecting child support but taking away the right to drive to work .The local,state and fed Gov Thinks we are their babies and they can pass whatever legislature you/they please but thats a lie.Stop lying to the people please or stand down.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 20th, 2014Someone from Anaheim, CA signed.
Oct 19th, 2014Someone from Marysville, WA writes:
This law is what is wrong with this country. The people that are making laws like this didn't bother to use their power of thinking. How in the world can a parent pay child support if they have their license suspended?? If a parent is not working right now and thus unable to pay their support it is most likely NOT due to the fact that they made that choice. Because of the economy that in a large part is due to the government people are loosing their jobs and not able to find a new one. Than the government punishes them for this by taking away their license which inhibits them from getting a new one. Here is hint law makers... how about doing more to help these people find a job so that they CAN pay instead of taking away their chance of getting a job. You would not think that this would even need to be said! My husband has been out of work for over a year and searching like crazy. He FINALLY got an interview and was hired. But when they did the background check and found the suspended license they said that they could no longer hire him until his license was reinstated so that he got a pass on the background check. He called his child support officer and was told that he needed to pay his child support in order to get the license reinstated. When he explained that he didn't have ANY money to pay until he got a pay check and that he couldn't get that until he got a job and he couldn't get the job until he got his license he was told "not my problem... it's yours". Come on people!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 16th, 2014Someone from San Pedro, CA signed.
Oct 15th, 2014Someone from Temple City, CA signed.
Oct 14th, 2014Someone from Santa Rosa, CA signed.
Oct 13th, 2014Someone from Fontana, CA signed.
Oct 12th, 2014Someone from Redwood City, CA signed.
Oct 5th, 2014Someone from Torrance, CA writes:
the child support dept. garnishes any income I get to meet the court order of $640.00 each month. doing it there way I am never never late or delinquent. yet there automated service still suspends my license every three months without any notice or warning . I got stoped by a cop last week he gave me a ticket for driving on a suspended license. my case worker didn't even know my license was suspended all she did was lift it the same day I got the ticket.and will not give me any thing in writing I can give the judge saying it was there mistake not mine. I am looking at a $1000 fine thanks to the child support dept.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 5th, 2014Someone from Ninilchik, AK signed.
Sep 29th, 2014Someone from San Francisco, CA signed.
Sep 26th, 2014Someone from San Diego, CA signed.
Sep 24th, 2014Someone from Van Nuys, CA writes:
Help I'm still fighting but know there trying to set me up. 2009, the county threaten me if I don't pay them the Los Angeles county 88 thousands I will never work again said Maky McKay from the county. Supervisor Zev. Y. 91411 area set me up and helped the county with his personal lawyers to damage me. the county faght with district attorney s office to have me placed as a dead beat dad while I took care of my children treating me to agree with them or be taken apart by the county's district attorney's. Well it's been four years never been appsent but I'm not working although I have a job paying me 46$ an hour. I'm unable to take care of myself because the county supervisor gave permission to the county to harm me for speaking out on the Los Angeles county and supervisor felonies action. I fear for my life from the county and all that took part in harming me and my childrenREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 18th, 2014Someone from Turlock, CA signed.
Sep 18th, 2014Someone from Turlock, CA signed.
Sep 16th, 2014Someone from Suisun City, CA writes:
California dept of Child Support is an agency that is inefficient! I disputed a child support case for the amount of $858. I went to court to see judge and left owing a double monthly support of $1600, without explanation or due process showing a justification for the amount increase. This left me owing arrears around 9k. The dept of Child Support then ordered a wage garnishment of an additional $370 on top of the $1600, with out a judges order, when I brought it to the attention of the judge, the dept of child support blamed the increase without justification, on the computer system the use. These guys are out of control and don't care if the non-custodial parent can afford to survive! I have 50/50 custody both legal and physical!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 11th, 2014Someone from San Diego, CA writes:
i am a vet paid child support my sons are both grwn, no aide case to pay back take care of sick wife my arrears was 8,oo0 2011 its 2014 18,000 do to 145 interest on arrears case this case is illegal i am paying support while the kids mom i lived with in a city in northern ca and paying child support in san diego, and me the mom and kids did not live there smh, basically paying child support for the same kids in two counties lucky i have checks stubs to prove it bec they refuse to give me a full audit of all my payments and let these women get away with fraud and dcss knws it so unfair and they suspend my driving every month even when i make the payment then have to pay dmv fees on a arrears case for grwn men and i already paid should be in family court, vets, military should have this law not apply if u need utr car to workREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 11th, 2014Someone from Turlock, CA signed.
Sep 9th, 2014Someone from Carmichael, CA writes:
I am behind my son in this matter. I am angry about this law. It sickens me. My grandchildren are hurting because of it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 8th, 2014Someone from Pacoima, CA signed.
Sep 8th, 2014Someone from Sacramento, CA signed.
Sep 6th, 2014Someone from Daly City, CA writes:
Illegal (Undocumented) immigrants have now been offered the privilege of obtaining Drivers License on a silver platter, while it's being denied to ALL American Citizens and to ALL properly documented Immigrants , just because of this inhumane, California Child Support Suspension of Drivers License Law.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 25th, 2014Someone from Imperial, CA signed.
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Aug 24th, 2014Someone from Oceanside, CA signed.
Aug 23rd, 2014Someone from El Centro, CA signed.
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Aug 21st, 2014Someone from Victorville, CA writes:
My drivers license is soon to be suspended. I am a loving father to my children and do for my kids anything I can with the help of my family. I was going through a custody battle with my children's mother. My children's mother tried so hard to make things difficult for me and the family court system didn't make It any easier. I would have to travel from Los Angeles Ca to Reno Nevada twice a month for my visitation. I would first have my in state visitation in Reno and then comeback a week later to pick my children up for there visitation with me at my home in CA. It was hard financially but I never missed a visitation because I love my kids with all my heart. In family court you miss your visitations it looks bad on you and as the father all odds are stacked against you from the beginning .i was paying child support to my kids mother. Then I receive a mail from child support that I wasn't paying my child support. Child support told me since my kids are receiving aid from the state and that I had to pay child support to the state of Nevada. My kids mom was collecting child support from me and receiving assistance from the state at same time that's fraud and the state if Nevada did nothing after I reported it.Good thing I made copies of all my payments. Not to long after I was granted joint custody things where starting to look good for me family court was seeing the commitment I had to my kids. My children mother decided to take my kids and run away to another country. I was then awarded full custody. Fours year never heard from kids. Child support sent me a letter saying that they are going to have the DMV suspend my license because I haven't been paying child support throughout these last four years even though I got full custody of my kids. I have all these cases open in 3 different states because the mother was receiving aid and I owe those states a lot of money for child support. I'm stressed out and trying to figure how I'm gonna pay this money owed to child support while the mother of my kids who has done wrong is living life as if she's done nothing wrong. It's not right. I keep talking to child support and all my case worker says waiting on all paper work same run around story. I tell her I got a job offer but if my license gets suspended that job is out the window. Im a truck driver and with my license getting suspended soon I will lose this job offer and things will just get harder. I know my story is long but these law makers need to know our stories and the hardships people go through. They made this law for dead beat parents but it effects those who are good but jus having hard time. All I ask is for a solution give us a chance to get on our feet so we can do nd take care our responsibilities. The law makers not everyone has a silver spoon in the mouths. So when u go making laws don't jus use your own rich personal judgement but try to put yourself in us regular folks shoes and see how it affects good just as much as the dead beats.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 15th, 2014Someone from Exeter, CA signed.
Aug 8th, 2014Someone from La Quinta, CA signed.
Aug 7th, 2014Someone from Livermore, CA writes:
Drastic times call for drastic measures. Now I can see why some payers fall off the face of the earth rather than try to work within the constraints of CSS or the DMV. This law needs to be repealed, as it only makes people that WANT to work unable to work. This directly affects California's attempt at economic recovery. If licenses are revoked for the able-bodied, how is California going to continue to pay for those that cannot work, and those that just don't want to work! Whomever enacted this law was thinking about immediate punishment, not "now what do we do now that none of these people can work". PLEASE REPEAL THIS LAW, OR MAKE AVAILABLE A PROVISIONAL LICENSE FOR WORK AND VISITATION!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 5th, 2014Someone from Lake Forest, CA writes:
I know a bunch of people losing job opportunity because they have their DL suspended. Also homeless people who cannot afford to pay child support, trying to get their lives back on track bu to get a job without a reliable transportation is not that easy. Please, lets stop this law.REPORT COMMENTS
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