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Ok, so what are some good alternatives that pressure citizens to pay child support?
by SamuelAdams 3y ago
Ok, so what are some good alternatives that pressure citizens to pay child support?
- int_19h 3y agoAny alternative that doesn't take away the ability to pay child support would be strictly better. Whether it is "good" is irrelevant.
- nijave 3y agoRevoking rights to purchase tobacco and alcohol would be an interesting one
- ssl-3 3y agoOne alternative to method would be education about resources and options. There was a time when I was younger that I was way, way behind on child support. My wife got injured and could not work; I was keeping the house alive on one self-employed income and doing the best that I felt I could to keep everyone afloat. I now understand that I could have petitioned the court to adjust the amount I was expected to pay [based on their interpretation of my ability to pay], but (lacking omniscience) I didn't understand that at the time and I had no readily-apparent way to seek guidance about my options, so I fell further and further behind. (Even a fucking photocopied pamphlet would have been helpful.) Another alternative might be community service as an intermediate step that happens before jail and/or license suspension. A person who is working for free, and by force, at a recycling center every weekend while being able to maintain their usual income is certainly better-equipped to be able to pay child support than a person who is in jail or who is unable to drive to work. But neither of those options seem to be commonly (if ever) used in Ohio.