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Resolution may be nearing on man's child support payments
Agreement reached on all but attorney fees, county prosecutor says
By KENT MALLETT
Advocate Reporter

NEWARK -- A resolution may come soon for an Upper Arlington man who has
custody of his three children but is still required to pay child
support to his deceased ex-wife.

Ken Oswalt, assistant Licking County prosecutor, said an agreement has
been reached for everything except payment of attorney fees.

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"On all but one topic we have an agreement," Oswalt said. "It
terminates holding of money and clears up any and all monies. I'd hoped
to resolve all of this."
Joe Randolph, 44, has been told by Licking County Child Support
Enforcement Agency officials he must continue the payments of $1,300 a
month until a court tells him he can stop.

Sharon Buckingham, of Newark, died April 25 at age 40. The payments
have been held in escrow ever since.

About 15 members of Fathers-4-Justice protested the continued payments
Friday on the Courthouse Square in downtown Newark.

Nancy Johnson, director of the Licking County CSEA, said the situation
can't be resolved through an administrative order because she does not
have the authority to terminate child support.

Jerry Swank, attorney for Randolph, said last week he was confident a
solution was imminent, but now his hopes have dimmed.

"It's not resolved," Swank said. "I'm trying to resolve the whole
thing, and they're trying to resolve part of it."

County officials already have signed the agreement, Oswalt said.

"I figured we might have a disagreement on attorney fees," Oswalt said.
"I'm not sure the county is obligated to pay them. (Swank) could sign
it, and then we could have a hearing in January on attorney fees."

If no agreement is reached, the case will go to Domestic Relations
Court, which has a backlog of cases. The case probably would not be
heard until next year.

Not sure what the problem is. Kinda hard to pay money to someone who doesn't
exist.



I was raised to believe that when a person dies they cant take it with
them. But it looks like the child-support system found a way around
that.