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As I live and breath, ladies and gentleman:
Deadbeat Moms - An I-Team 8 Special Investigation Oct 25, 2007 11:00 PM By Pam Elliot 24-Hour News 8 at 11:00 p.m. MARION COUNTY, Ind. - We're all familiar with prosecutors going after deadbeat dads, but what about the thousands of moms who don't pay their child support? I-Team 8's Pam Elliot tracked down the worst offenders in Marion County. We're not talking about a few hundred dollars in back child support, we found some moms who owe more than $50,000. And when they're not supporting their kids, it's left to you the taxpayer to take care of their children. "Have the warrant? Deputy Fields: Yes," said Deputy Brian Kotarski. Marion County warrant deputies go out before dawn. "Police open the door," said Deputy Kotarski. Everyday, these officers look for parents who have failed to pay child support and have skirted a judge. Among them, wanted moms. Deputy Kotarski said, "We get them all the time." Deputy Kotarski believes in this case the woman is inside, but he can't force his way in because he's only serving a civil warrant. "It's just part of the job, nobody answering the door it happens everyday," said Deputy Kotarski. "Hello, Sheriff's Department." While deputies knock on doors. Another mother who the state says owes 50-thousand dollars, fails to show up for court. As a result, a copy of this letter went out to Carla Whitney letting her know a bench warrant has been issued for her arrest. "It's frustrating for everyone," said Chief Deputy Prosecutor John Owens who oversees the Marion County Child Support Division. I-Team 8 obtained a list of mothers who are years behind in paying child support in Marion County. At the top of the list is Tina Dixon. She now goes by Tina Iannotti and lives in Connecticut. She served time there for failing to live up to her responsibilities. Indiana said she owes nearly $70,000 in back child support. Her attorney disputes that figure, but he won't speak, nor will he allow her to speak with I-team 8. "Someone has to consciously and willfully neglect paying child support to get to those kind of numbers," said Owens. I-Team 8's Pam Elliot asked the question, "Would you say you are as aggressive prosecuting women as you are men?" Owens said, "We don't look at cases in terms of who is the person and what is the gender. We look at cases in terms of how much child support is supposed to be paid." Next to Tina Dixon, records show Nikia Lee is the most delinquent in paying child support in Marion County, $62,000 in arrears. Court records list an Illinois phone number for her. In Indiana there's an active bench warrant for her arrest. Already the state has suspended her driver's license. Then there's Tammy Cartwright. I-team 8 found her in Florida. Cartwright said, "Her kids never wanted for anything." She said she probably owes a couple thousand. The state has Cartwright owing $56,000. Attorneys said fathers are reluctant to go after child support. They're just happy to have custody of their children, but you as a taxpayer have a stake in this too. Research shows when children receive the child support they're due, they are less likely to need public assistance. John Owens said his office is on track to collect close to 95-million dollars in child support this year. His budget is just under 5-million dollars and two-thirds of it is reimbursed by the federal government. The state said there's no better return on an investment. "We have a lot of cases where what we do on a weekly basis makes a difference," said Owens. But it's not an easy task to hold mothers and fathers accountable The day I-team 8 rode along with warrant deputies they arrested only one deadbeat parent. Attorney Tammy Morog sees judges more frequently putting deadbeat parents in jail when they can be found. "The courts are becoming more and more burdened with domestic cases. Whether I'm mediating or whether I'm an attorney it's not going to go away," said Morog. |
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On Oct 26, 7:30 am, " wrote:
As I live and breath, ladies and gentleman: Deadbeat Moms - An I-Team 8 Special Investigation Oct 25, 2007 11:00 PM By Pam Elliot 24-Hour News 8 at 11:00 p.m. MARION COUNTY, Ind. - We're all familiar with prosecutors going after deadbeat dads, but what about the thousands of moms who don't pay their child support? I-Team 8's Pam Elliot tracked down the worst offenders in Marion County. We're not talking about a few hundred dollars in back child support, we found some moms who owe more than $50,000. And when they're not supporting their kids, it's left to you the taxpayer to take care of their children. "Have the warrant? Deputy Fields: Yes," said Deputy Brian Kotarski. Marion County warrant deputies go out before dawn. "Police open the door," said Deputy Kotarski. Everyday, these officers look for parents who have failed to pay child support and have skirted a judge. Among them, wanted moms. Deputy Kotarski said, "We get them all the time." Deputy Kotarski believes in this case the woman is inside, but he can't force his way in because he's only serving a civil warrant. "It's just part of the job, nobody answering the door it happens everyday," said Deputy Kotarski. "Hello, Sheriff's Department." While deputies knock on doors. Another mother who the state says owes 50-thousand dollars, fails to show up for court. As a result, a copy of this letter went out to Carla Whitney letting her know a bench warrant has been issued for her arrest. "It's frustrating for everyone," said Chief Deputy Prosecutor John Owens who oversees the Marion County Child Support Division. I-Team 8 obtained a list of mothers who are years behind in paying child support in Marion County. At the top of the list is Tina Dixon. She now goes by Tina Iannotti and lives in Connecticut. She served time there for failing to live up to her responsibilities. Indiana said she owes nearly $70,000 in back child support. Her attorney disputes that figure, but he won't speak, nor will he allow her to speak with I-team 8. "Someone has to consciously and willfully neglect paying child support to get to those kind of numbers," said Owens. I-Team 8's Pam Elliot asked the question, "Would you say you are as aggressive prosecuting women as you are men?" Owens said, "We don't look at cases in terms of who is the person and what is the gender. We look at cases in terms of how much child support is supposed to be paid." Next to Tina Dixon, records show Nikia Lee is the most delinquent in paying child support in Marion County, $62,000 in arrears. Court records list an Illinois phone number for her. In Indiana there's an active bench warrant for her arrest. Already the state has suspended her driver's license. Then there's Tammy Cartwright. I-team 8 found her in Florida. Cartwright said, "Her kids never wanted for anything." She said she probably owes a couple thousand. The state has Cartwright owing $56,000. Attorneys said fathers are reluctant to go after child support. They're just happy to have custody of their children, but you as a taxpayer have a stake in this too. Research shows when children receive the child support they're due, they are less likely to need public assistance. John Owens said his office is on track to collect close to 95-million dollars in child support this year. His budget is just under 5-million dollars and two-thirds of it is reimbursed by the federal government. The state said there's no better return on an investment. "We have a lot of cases where what we do on a weekly basis makes a difference," said Owens. But it's not an easy task to hold mothers and fathers accountable The day I-team 8 rode along with warrant deputies they arrested only one deadbeat parent. Attorney Tammy Morog sees judges more frequently putting deadbeat parents in jail when they can be found. "The courts are becoming more and more burdened with domestic cases. Whether I'm mediating or whether I'm an attorney it's not going to go away," said Morog. Oh lawdy-everyone know only men are NCP's and only women get child support It's not bitt and K-fed, so what excuse will the DBP crew come up with thins time, and will they have proof as they so ask everybody else for but never providing any of their own? |
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wrote in We're not talking about a few hundred dollars in back child support, we found some moms who owe more than $50,000. Where's the dead head saying these dead beat females should be in Jail? Why don't they support their Children? LOL And when they're not supporting their kids, it's left to you the taxpayer to take care of their children. More government propaganda, the people pay taxes to CSE agencies regardless! While deputies knock on doors. Should read, while $80,000 dollar Deputies knock on the doors of poor people, the real criminals are knocking down doors and stealing property. So much for Serve and Protect! "Someone has to consciously and willfully neglect paying child support to get to those kind of numbers," said Owens. Doesn't take long to build up a massive debt when the payments are so high! I-Team 8's Pam Elliot asked the question, "Would you say you are as aggressive prosecuting women as you are men?" Owens said, "We don't look at cases in terms of who is the person and what is the gender. We look at cases in terms of how much child support is supposed to be paid." They get a commission regardless of gender! Attorneys said fathers are reluctant to go after child support. They're just happy to have custody of their children, but you as a taxpayer have a stake in this too. Since when does the government care about the tax payer? Spending A trillion the Taxpayer doesn't have! Research shows when children receive the child support they're due, they are less likely to need public assistance. It's chump change, who cares? John Owens said his office is on track to collect close to 95-million dollars in child support this year. His budget is just under 5-million dollars and two-thirds of it is reimbursed by the federal government. The state said there's no better return on an investment. Good deal, spend 5 million to get paid $60 Million in return, it's all tax payer money anyway! "We have a lot of cases where what we do on a weekly basis makes a difference," said Owens. Coming from someone that depends on the C$ system for a living! The day I-team 8 rode along with warrant deputies they arrested only one deadbeat parent. Yea, probably a guy working in a warehouse at minimum wage! Attorney Tammy Morog sees judges more frequently putting deadbeat parents in jail when they can be found. They think they can out law poverty! "The courts are becoming more and more burdened with domestic cases. Whether I'm mediating or whether I'm an attorney it's not going to go away," said Morog. She's right, it's going to get much bigger than they can handle! :-) |
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The report below needs to be put in perspective.
If the report were balanced, it would include a paragraph giving the overall proportions of mothers and fathers who have custody. It would call attention to the glass ceiling on paternal custody. However, it isn't a balanced piece at all, and it's shallow in the extreme. It's little more than a way of helping the Marion County child support agency to spread the smokescreen that their activities do not discriminate against men. Such agencies are always delighted to find some freak case where they are going after a non-custodial mother. For example, a few years agoVirginia introduced a program to remove the driver's licenses of nonpayers of "child support." They managed to find a non-custodial mother who wasn't paying, and--with a blaze of publicity--made her the first person to have a license suspended. It can only be a matter of time before some state child support agency puts up a statue of a deadbeat mother in front of their headquarters. It's that important to them. You can depend upon it that Mizz Elliott, of the I-Team 8, didn't just stumble across this particular story. The PR person from the CS agency called her up and told her that these police raids were about to take place, and they even had some women on their list. However, if you look at the state of Indiana's list of the ten most wanted "parents" who are not paying their CS, you will find there is only one woman (see http://www.in.gov/dcs/support/mostwanted/index.html). Also, look at the Marion County prosecutor's website for an indication of how he panders to feminists. In particular, see http://www.indygov.org/eGov/County/P...dbeat+Dads.htm, which notably doesn't mention mothers. And in how many cases where mothers owe money, do they owe it to the fathers? My guess is that many of them owe it someone else who has custody. wrote in message ps.com... As I live and breath, ladies and gentleman: Deadbeat Moms - An I-Team 8 Special Investigation Oct 25, 2007 11:00 PM By Pam Elliot 24-Hour News 8 at 11:00 p.m. MARION COUNTY, Ind. - We're all familiar with prosecutors going after deadbeat dads, but what about the thousands of moms who don't pay their child support? I-Team 8's Pam Elliot tracked down the worst offenders in Marion County. We're not talking about a few hundred dollars in back child support, we found some moms who owe more than $50,000. And when they're not supporting their kids, it's left to you the taxpayer to take care of their children. "Have the warrant? Deputy Fields: Yes," said Deputy Brian Kotarski. Marion County warrant deputies go out before dawn. "Police open the door," said Deputy Kotarski. Everyday, these officers look for parents who have failed to pay child support and have skirted a judge. Among them, wanted moms. Deputy Kotarski said, "We get them all the time." Deputy Kotarski believes in this case the woman is inside, but he can't force his way in because he's only serving a civil warrant. "It's just part of the job, nobody answering the door it happens everyday," said Deputy Kotarski. "Hello, Sheriff's Department." While deputies knock on doors. Another mother who the state says owes 50-thousand dollars, fails to show up for court. As a result, a copy of this letter went out to Carla Whitney letting her know a bench warrant has been issued for her arrest. "It's frustrating for everyone," said Chief Deputy Prosecutor John Owens who oversees the Marion County Child Support Division. I-Team 8 obtained a list of mothers who are years behind in paying child support in Marion County. At the top of the list is Tina Dixon. She now goes by Tina Iannotti and lives in Connecticut. She served time there for failing to live up to her responsibilities. Indiana said she owes nearly $70,000 in back child support. Her attorney disputes that figure, but he won't speak, nor will he allow her to speak with I-team 8. "Someone has to consciously and willfully neglect paying child support to get to those kind of numbers," said Owens. I-Team 8's Pam Elliot asked the question, "Would you say you are as aggressive prosecuting women as you are men?" Owens said, "We don't look at cases in terms of who is the person and what is the gender. We look at cases in terms of how much child support is supposed to be paid." Next to Tina Dixon, records show Nikia Lee is the most delinquent in paying child support in Marion County, $62,000 in arrears. Court records list an Illinois phone number for her. In Indiana there's an active bench warrant for her arrest. Already the state has suspended her driver's license. Then there's Tammy Cartwright. I-team 8 found her in Florida. Cartwright said, "Her kids never wanted for anything." She said she probably owes a couple thousand. The state has Cartwright owing $56,000. Attorneys said fathers are reluctant to go after child support. They're just happy to have custody of their children, but you as a taxpayer have a stake in this too. Research shows when children receive the child support they're due, they are less likely to need public assistance. John Owens said his office is on track to collect close to 95-million dollars in child support this year. His budget is just under 5-million dollars and two-thirds of it is reimbursed by the federal government. The state said there's no better return on an investment. "We have a lot of cases where what we do on a weekly basis makes a difference," said Owens. But it's not an easy task to hold mothers and fathers accountable The day I-team 8 rode along with warrant deputies they arrested only one deadbeat parent. Attorney Tammy Morog sees judges more frequently putting deadbeat parents in jail when they can be found. "The courts are becoming more and more burdened with domestic cases. Whether I'm mediating or whether I'm an attorney it's not going to go away," said Morog. |
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wrote in message ps.com... As I live and breath, ladies and gentleman: Deadbeat Moms - An I-Team 8 Special Investigation Oct 25, 2007 11:00 PM By Pam Elliot 24-Hour News 8 at 11:00 p.m. MARION COUNTY, Ind. - We're all familiar with prosecutors going after deadbeat dads, but what about the thousands of moms who don't pay their child support? I-Team 8's Pam Elliot tracked down the worst offenders in Marion County. We're not talking about a few hundred dollars in back child support, we found some moms who owe more than $50,000. And when they're not supporting their kids, it's left to you the taxpayer to take care of their children. "Have the warrant? Deputy Fields: Yes," said Deputy Brian Kotarski. Marion County warrant deputies go out before dawn. "Police open the door," said Deputy Kotarski. Everyday, these officers look for parents who have failed to pay child support and have skirted a judge. Among them, wanted moms. Deputy Kotarski said, "We get them all the time." Deputy Kotarski believes in this case the woman is inside, but he can't force his way in because he's only serving a civil warrant. "It's just part of the job, nobody answering the door it happens everyday," said Deputy Kotarski. "Hello, Sheriff's Department." While deputies knock on doors. Another mother who the state says owes 50-thousand dollars, fails to show up for court. As a result, a copy of this letter went out to Carla Whitney letting her know a bench warrant has been issued for her arrest. "It's frustrating for everyone," said Chief Deputy Prosecutor John Owens who oversees the Marion County Child Support Division. I-Team 8 obtained a list of mothers who are years behind in paying child support in Marion County. At the top of the list is Tina Dixon. She now goes by Tina Iannotti and lives in Connecticut. She served time there for failing to live up to her responsibilities. Indiana said she owes nearly $70,000 in back child support. Her attorney disputes that figure, but he won't speak, nor will he allow her to speak with I-team 8. "Someone has to consciously and willfully neglect paying child support to get to those kind of numbers," said Owens. I-Team 8's Pam Elliot asked the question, "Would you say you are as aggressive prosecuting women as you are men?" Owens said, "We don't look at cases in terms of who is the person and what is the gender. We look at cases in terms of how much child support is supposed to be paid." Next to Tina Dixon, records show Nikia Lee is the most delinquent in paying child support in Marion County, $62,000 in arrears. Court records list an Illinois phone number for her. In Indiana there's an active bench warrant for her arrest. Already the state has suspended her driver's license. Then there's Tammy Cartwright. I-team 8 found her in Florida. Cartwright said, "Her kids never wanted for anything." She said she probably owes a couple thousand. The state has Cartwright owing $56,000. Attorneys said fathers are reluctant to go after child support. They're just happy to have custody of their children, but you as a taxpayer have a stake in this too. Research shows when children receive the child support they're due, they are less likely to need public assistance. John Owens said his office is on track to collect close to 95-million dollars in child support this year. His budget is just under 5-million dollars and two-thirds of it is reimbursed by the federal government. The state said there's no better return on an investment. "We have a lot of cases where what we do on a weekly basis makes a difference," said Owens. But it's not an easy task to hold mothers and fathers accountable The day I-team 8 rode along with warrant deputies they arrested only one deadbeat parent. Attorney Tammy Morog sees judges more frequently putting deadbeat parents in jail when they can be found. "The courts are becoming more and more burdened with domestic cases. Whether I'm mediating or whether I'm an attorney it's not going to go away," said Morog. Any fool can see that this is merely a publicity stunt to say "Hey, we are not biased against fathers because see we go after mothers too". To fall for this kind of reasoning, you might as well rush out and buy a lottery ticket. After all, people who buy tickets win. Regardless, it is just as wrong to extort "child support" from mothers as it is fathers! |
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"arabella" u38656@uwe wrote in Any parent thet doesn't support their children deserve jail time. Does that include all Americans that have lost their jobs to outsourcing, downsizing and the other 2 million jobs that were lost last year in the labor market? How about accident victims and the countless people that fall victim to illness, should they be incarcerated too? How long to you want to jail people that can't afford the high government rates they set for CS? Do you want other strangers opinions forced on you? |
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"arabella" u38656@uwe wrote in Any parent thet doesn't support their children deserve jail time. Does that include all Americans that have lost their jobs to outsourcing, downsizing and the other 2 million jobs that were lost last year in the labor market? How about accident victims and the countless people that fall victim to illness, should they be incarcerated too? How long to you want to jail people that can't afford the high government rates they set for CS? Do you want other strangers opinions forced on you? Does that include all Americans that have lost their jobs to outsourcing, downsizing and the other 2 million jobs that were lost last year in the labor market? A parent does anything to take care of their kids, so where there is a will there is a way. How about accident victims and the countless people that fall victim to illness, should they be incarcerated too? Accident victims usually get settlements. People who are sick should make it be known they are sick, and unable to pay and support their kids. Do you want other strangers opinions forced on you? If you have planned to force you opinion on me, good luck, I don't bend easy. I don't have kids of my own, but I feel for people who do it on their own because the other parent is too much of a scab to take care of business. My question to you is why are you against child support? |
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"arabella" u38656@uwe wrote in message news:7a6e0262c1f92@uwe... DB wrote: "arabella" u38656@uwe wrote in Any parent thet doesn't support their children deserve jail time. Does that include all Americans that have lost their jobs to outsourcing, downsizing and the other 2 million jobs that were lost last year in the labor market? How about accident victims and the countless people that fall victim to illness, should they be incarcerated too? How long to you want to jail people that can't afford the high government rates they set for CS? Do you want other strangers opinions forced on you? Does that include all Americans that have lost their jobs to outsourcing, downsizing and the other 2 million jobs that were lost last year in the labor market? A parent does anything to take care of their kids, so where there is a will there is a way. How about accident victims and the countless people that fall victim to illness, should they be incarcerated too? Accident victims usually get settlements. People who are sick should make it be known they are sick, and unable to pay and support their kids. Do you want other strangers opinions forced on you? If you have planned to force you opinion on me, good luck, I don't bend easy. I don't have kids of my own, but I feel for people who do it on their own because the other parent is too much of a scab to take care of business. My question to you is why are you against child support? Who said I was against child support? I don't believe in the large amounts of Child support that the government demands people to pay! There needs to be a dollar amount ceiling on actual cost. How would you like being forced to pay 50% of what you take home each week? |
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"arabella" u38656@uwe wrote in [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] My question to you is why are you against child support? Who said I was against child support? I don't believe in the large amounts of Child support that the government demands people to pay! There needs to be a dollar amount ceiling on actual cost. How would you like being forced to pay 50% of what you take home each week? I do agree that there should be a limit as to how much a person is expected to pay. It should go by how much money they make. How would you like being forced to pay 50% of what you take home each week? I can't answer that because it has never happened to me. I think parents spend more than 50% of what they make on their children. -- Message posted via FamilyKB.com http://www.familykb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...nting/200710/1 |
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