My children have been owed back support for years. When it reached $15,000.00 I contacted the Michigan Attorney General's office. I was told that until My Children were owed more than $20,000 the AG's office had no interest in attempting to prosecute the felonious non-support of my children. So I waited a few months until the arrearage had climbed to above $20,000.
This time when I contacted the AG's office I was informed that the AG would not address any non-support cases until the arrearage had exceeded $100,000! The payor on my case has had a bench warrant out for arrest due to non-appearance at a show-cause hearing, but since the payor is living out of state, the FOC will not arrange to have the payor arrested. For 3 years the FOC did not have ANY employees answering phones whatsoever! If you needed to get an answer, you had to take a day off work and wait in line for several hours, just to hear, "It's not our fault that the payor isn't paying!" When I requested to speak to someone from the Interstate Enforcement department, I was told that no such department existed (even though the FOC voicemail clearly states that it on the 5th floor of the Penobscott Building!!!)
When I tried to assist with collection by informing the FOC of the payor's new address, they changed the payor's address to MY address so that subsequent notices for the payor went to MY address. When I tried to correct this, I was told that I could only change MY information!!!) Is there NO END to the rip-offs by deliberate misinformation, incompetence and neglect?
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