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Failure to Pay Child Support in Colorado, Part I
By Denver Divorce Lawyer on November 9, 2010
A recent warrant sweep in October by a county sheriff’s department in Illinois arrested 48 parents who were delinquent on child support payments, according to The Chicago Sun-Times. Collectively they owed more than $465,000 in past due payments.
Officers went door-to-door to find parents who had outstanding warrants because they failed to make child support payments. The highest amount owed by one parent was a man in Chicago who owed $41,448.55. Of the 48 parents that were arrested, 18 of them owed more than $10,000 in past due child support.
Sherrif Tom Dart said in a press release that, “Many of these cases involve a single parent struggling to make ends meet and provide a decent life for their children. The men, and women, we arrested are failing in one of the most important aspects of life – taking care of your own child.”
But Chicago is over 1,000 miles away from Denver. What happens if you fail to pay child support in Colorado?
According to the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), if a full child support payment is not received, the Colorado Child Support Enforcement (CSE) has the authority to suspend a person’s driver’s license. Once a person’s license is suspended, a person must receive a Notice of Compliance from the CSE and meet all requirements of the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in order for the privilege of driving to be reinstated.
The CSE is also authorized to suspend a person’s professional and/or occupational license if they are past due on child support payments. If this occurs, they must also receive a Notice of Compliance from the CSE as well as meet the requirements of their particular licensure board at the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) to regain their professional and/or occupational license.
These are only a few of the many consequences of not paying child support. Please visit our blog next week for Part 2 and to learn more about child support payments in Colorado. For more information about paying child support and past due child support in Colorado, contact the Denver child support attorneys at Kaplan Law, LLC. Call us today at 1-877-527-5260.
