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Wait....no passport if you owe child support? I hate deadbeat dads as much as the next guy but that's kind of fucked.
Not really. If you have money for a vacation, you have money to support your kid. When I worked in enforcement, I had a guy really call me and tell me that his fiancee's parents paid for a honeymoon as a wedding gift so he needed to get a passport when he owed like $7k to his kids' mom. Surprise surprise, he suddenly had the money when there was something he cared about on the line. I actually had several people manage to find large sums of money when their trips were on the line even though they'd all spent years claiming they couldn't afford to pay.
Oh yeah, I honestly agree...fuck a dude taking a vacation when he's way behind on child support. But at the same time...iono...somehow denying a passport over that feels weird?
Fleeing to another country and not returning would make holding individuals who do owe child support much harder...
I actually knew a guy who did that and goes on my list of "biggest pieces of shit Ive ever known"
Was a bible thumping "christian" who couldnt wait to lecture people. Girlfriend got pregnant, he volunteered to go work at a catholic mission in Africa somewhere before she had the baby. Never came back.
Fair point.