If my son's father owes child support, can they pick him up in another state?
My son's father owes $1,287 in child support, it's a court order from the state since I used to get public assistance for our son when he was born. He hasn't worked since December of '06, and I haven't received a payment since April. From Feb. '07 til July he has stayed with me and has recv'd a couple of pieces of mail here, but this is not his address. He just went to Job Corps last week, there is a court date for 8/31 for non-comply on his part(not paying the back c.s.). one of his sisters told me that when the sheriff showed up at his mother's house(that's the address c.s. has on file for him) that she told them that he stays with me...BUT HE'S NOT HERE! Now his family wants me to call c.s. and tell them that he stays here, but I don't want to do that b/c I get food stamps, and my caseworker may cut them off. My ? is, if he's in another state(i.e., VA), will they go get him if he doesn't show up for the court date? Or will they make him take the allowance from JC and give me that?
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They sure can. A summons is a summons
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YES! and good luck with that
If you do not pay child support and than fail to appear for a court case a warrant for your arrest will be issued.
Regardless of where you live the Police whould be able to arrest him for that warrant.Now comes the tricky part..
Because he is in a different state, the state that issued the warrant would have to have him extradited, or taken back to that state to face the charges. The state issuing the warrant has to pay all costs to get him back so most do not do it unless it is a serious crime such as murder or other felonies.
That's impossible for most of us to answer because, at least I don't know your state laws. You admit he stayed with you and got mail there but it wasn't his address. If it wasn't his address how did he get the mail, was it thrown into the door by an owl. See what your about to get into. I have a feeling they will not issue a warrant because he's in job corp, the amount he owes isn't that great, and he (through your own statement) has lived with you. It may be that you will be in some "warm water" because of his stay. Depends on your laws and how your case worker is.
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