California DMV Information

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.

An interesting journey we take when we try to get child support enforced

It’s quite an odd thing, in my opinion, to have to fight for a parent to pay child support. While I’m not entirely sure that the system the way it is set up, is constitutional - or fair to any party - including the child(ren). It is in fact what we have to work with.

It’s odd that this is the only debtor’s prison system that our American Justice system has, yet without that threat, how many children would not get their child support payment from the non-custodial (or joint custodial) parent.

I’m chronicling my journey. I’ve tried to abide by the laws, and the child support system, I’ve attempted to be reasonable, to be firm, to be accommodating, but at the end of the day, if the other parent doesn’t want to pay, it’s pretty difficult to get him to pay.

So this time, there are no threats, there is no ultimatum, there was no warning of consequences, it is what it is. I no longer care that there are children involved in this situation that don’t know they have a younger sibling, or that there is a wife that resents that her husband has to pay child support.

I don’t care anymore about all of the lies and deceptions that got us to this point. I only care that my daughter is not receiving child support from her father. So, the journey begins to tell the story….