Florida May Begin Charging Willful "Deadbeat Dads" As Felons

The Sun-Sentinel is reporting that activist groups are pushing for new laws that will make the willful nonpayment of child support in excess of $5k a felony. The law would not apply to people who are in tight financial situations and are unable to pay. While I'm not arguing that willful non-payers of child support shouldn't be punished, I find this disappointing in light of the fact that there still exist no laws which enforce a father's visitation rights, or require the custodial parent to account for how child support money is spent. Source: Sun-Sentinel [Florida newspaper]



Title: Activist want parents who don't pay child support to be charged as felons



Author: Shana Gruskin



Date: January 21, 2001

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