Spotlight on an NCCSO Leader

Meet Lorraine

After much frustration I'm beginning to think that the government doesn't take child support seriously at all. My former husband hasn't paid any child support since May of 1997, and he now owes my daughter more than $24,000! The California Orange County Courts closed the case and has recently allowed him to collect a $5,000 check from the Department of Veterans Affairs as a beneficiary of his father's life insurance policy!

I learned the hard way that the government goes after non-custodial parents with more gusto when the custodial parent and child are receiving government assistance - the government wants their money back. When custodial parents are making it on their own, they are also on their own for collecting child support.

As long as there are stories like mine, custodial parents must have options. I have now hired a private company and am hopeful that they can help me. Without this option...I would have completely given up.

Frustrated California mom,
Lorraine