I have never heard of someone having a CPS visit because they did not pay child support.
For one thing, the person not paying child support would be the parent NOT in custody of the children, so CPS could not take those children away from them. Unless you are saying that the person who is NOT receiving the child support would get their child(ren) removed because they are considered too poor to keep them (because the ex-partner is not helping out.)
Or -- are you saying that if the person not paying child support (usually the man) gets re-married and has new children with a new spouse, that that those children will get threatened or removed by CPS? (ie. pay for your first children or we will take your last children away from you.)
Thanks for clarifying. And if you have any examples to share of these situations above ever happening, I would like to hear about it.
Clarification- usually because absent parent is not paying child support. This will make sense ca-co in my next post as I will explain why. Remember Child Support is to replenish state funding of TANF, the other parent recieving the funds is merely incedental.
I just watched the first part of that video where the Social Worker claims that part of the reason the children are being removed is because the absent father is behind on child support.
To me it just seems like another way of saying that the mother is poor, so we should take the children. I don't see how teaching the father that he should have not entered into a child support agreement would in any way change Social Services view that the mother is too poor to have her children.
I don't know anything about TANF.
We have a different system in Canada.
My husband has a daughter from his ex-wife. The 2 parents agreed on a set amount of child support and put it in their separation agreement. He sent her the money each month.
IF he had quit paying she could have filed some legal paperwork to get his paycheque garnished so that she would get her money. If he had not been employed, the amount would have accumulated and I have heard of people having to pay back Child Support out of their government Old Age Pensions.
Anyways, I will read your next post when you explain your position further.
Interesting, thanks for sharing this. I'll have to look at Canadian laws. Im not very familiar with their systems to be honest.
Yes, to me the video demonstrates another sad excuse to just take children.