Public Benefits Resulting In Support Arrearage

[QUOTE=Baystategirl;219250]I would have to agree. Why would her friends step-children be living with the OP??:confused::rolley

I AM SORRY ABOUT THE CONFUSION..WE ARE NOT TRYING TO CONFUSE ANY OF YOU BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD ADVICE//THERE ARE THREE PPL HERE..MY FRIEND (SHE IS THE KIDS STEP MOTHER), HER HUSBAND (THE KIDS FATHER) AND ME (FRIEND AND OWNER OF THE COMPUTER...WE WERE GOOGLING AND FOUND THIS SITE) THE KIDS LIVE WITH THE FATHER AND STEP MOM

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Quoting Mr. Knowitall

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Perhaps you could explain why you are so bent out of shape over the plight of the mother of your friend's stepchildren.[/


We are both worried about it. Honestly we just dont like that she may go to jail.I mean neither of us like the fact that she doesnt do better.But she doesnt seem to know any better.She doesnt even know how to get her self out of this trouble.If she had the money she would have helped more but she doesnt, and it wasnt a big deal that she couldnt help financially until my friend lost her job.I just dont like the thought of her going to jail:(

She wants to make payments but she can only afford 60.00 a month//she can not afford health, she tried healthy kids but they said her income qualifies her for medicaid so she can not allow her to enroll with florida healthy kids.

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She should contact the CSE to make arrangements for payments. As soon as she enters into an agreement with the CSE, they will give her a paper that she can take to the DMV to have her DL reinstated.

It's unusaul for a Judge to order a parent to find private insurance, so she needs to check her court order VERY closely to see if that is exactly what was ordered. Normally, a NCP will be ordered to provide insurance ONLY if it is available through work at a reasonable cost. If her order states otherwise, she should take the ordwer to an attorney for a consult. She can get a low cost consult by calling the Florida Bar Lawyer Refferal Service at 1-800-342-8011.

She can go to the local CSE office in person, she won't be arrested unless the matter has already gone to court and she has been found to be in contempt, AND the Judge issued a bench warrant for her failure to appear.

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Quoting rachaelle26

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She should contact the CSE to make arrangements for payments. As soon as she enters into an agreement with the CSE, they will give her a paper that she can take to the DMV to have her DL reinstated.

It's unusaul for a Judge to order a parent to find private insurance, so she needs to check her court order VERY closely to see if that is exactly what was ordered. Normally, a NCP will be ordered to provide insurance ONLY if it is available through work at a reasonable cost. If her order states otherwise, she should take the ordwer to an attorney for a consult. She can get a low cost consult by calling the Florida Bar Lawyer Refferal Service at 1-800-342-8011.

She can go to the local CSE office in person, she won't be arrested unless the matter has already gone to court and she has been found to be in contempt, AND the Judge issued a bench warrant for her failure to appear.

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THANK GOD YOU REPLIED!!!! WE WERE ALL ACTUALLY HOPING YOU WOULD REPLY TO THIS THREAD, BECAUSE WE NOTICED HOW YOU RESPONDED TO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SITE. WE WILL CALL THE MOTHER AND ADVISE HER OF THIS. ALSO SHE DOES HAVE A WARRANT BECAUSE SHE MOVES AROUND A LOT SO DID NOT GET THE SUMMONS TO APPEAR IN COURT. IS THERE ANYWAY FOR HER TO AVOID GOING TO JAIL? THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE.

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ALSO SHE DOES HAVE A WARRANT BECAUSE SHE MOVES AROUND A LOT SO DID NOT GET THE SUMMONS TO APPEAR IN COURT. IS THERE ANYWAY FOR HER TO AVOID GOING TO JAIL? THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE.

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If there is already a warrant, she should still contact the CSE. IF she pays something up front, and makes an agreement with CSE, they can have the warrant canceled. However, that is something that will be totally up to the caseworker to decide.

Her other option is to go to the police or sheriff and turn herself in. She might spend a day or 2 in jail, but she would go in front of the Judge and the judge would decide what should be done.

Either way, when a NCP has a warrant for non payment/non appearance the worst thing they can do is try to ignore the problem because it will NOT go away.