One of the ways that the child support services department enforces past due child support, is by suspending drivers licenses when payment has not been received for more than 30 days.
It varies wildly when this is actually done. Assembly Bill 923 went into effect on
January 1, 1996. This law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to
suspend the license privilege of any individual not paying child support. This
includes all drivers’ license classifications (non-commercial and commercial).
The individual's driving privilege is suspended under Family Code Section 17520.
Here's the problem - Child Support Services won't actually tell you, if they know, if a suspension is in place. It's an automated system that doesn't always work. AND, the suspended licensee is actually given up to 150 days with a suspended license with a temporary license, while negotiations are going on to make the payments.
Here's the good news it is possible through the DMV to find out if the other parent's license has in fact been suspended, the DMV will notify the other person of the request, but still give you the information. This has to be done through the Sacramento office and normally takes about 2 weeks to find out. You can also find out what other vehicles are registered to the person at this time.
Here's the code allowing the request: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/inf/inf70_r8_2004.pdf
and here is the form to request the information: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/inf/inf70.pdf
For our situation, I'm thinking that a drivers license could be an important thing for a hauling and demo company owner.
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How do we find out in other states?
Each state has a DMV website - do a search based on the verbiage California uses for the form request. If you can't find it, shoot me an email at shaylalalala@gmail.com with the state in question and I'll look it up for you.
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