My question involves child support in the State of: IL

i have a five year old son. his father has never paid support. he has not worked since our son was about 9 months old (that i know of...). his income comes from sources such as gambling wins and perhaps selling drugs. not sure of this but its my assumption. in any event he has no traceable income. based on dcfs records of his last known income i should get a whopping $90 or so a week from him which is better than nothing and will pay day care and other expenses so i want and need this money. it appears that DCFS is so backlogged they jsut can't get all of the cases to court or reported to the state. not sure but i continually get excuses as to how this takes a long time or they do not know the status.

how can i get this pressed? can i file a petition with the court to get this process started? they tell me they have started the process but i'm not sure what that entails. i found this info on our state website but cant find a contact at the dept of transportation and as i said DCFS is not that helpful. i work full time so i cant go there physically and sit to wait to get to a real person very often (i did go twice over the past year, took off work to talk to someone about this), and i have talked only to them on the phone recently. i was told they dd not really know how it works with the dept of transportation suspension.

how can i get this going so that maybe he will actually give me some money to help raise our son? he supposedly got notice in may it would be suspended but it never happened. he did not do as directed and set up pmt plan.

This is all I could find....no direct number though. It just says to call
DHFS but there has to be someone that has more information. DCFS has been no help at all.

DRIVER SERVICES


.Deadbeats Don't Drive - A person's driver's license may be suspended under
the Family Financial Responsibility Law for non-payment of court-ordered
child support.

This measure, formally known as the Family Financial Responsibility Act,
allows Illinois courts and the Secretary of State's office to take strong
action against parents that fall more than three months behind in making
court-ordered child-support payments could face the loss of his or her
driving privileges. The Illinois Family Financial Responsibility Law
outlines two systems for driver's license suspensions for those owing child
support:

System One - Court Ordered Suspension

A circuit court may invoke the law any time a judge rules that a parent is
at least 90 days behind on child support payments. The court notifies the
Secretary of State's office that the parent is in contempt of court for
failure to pay child support. The Record of Non-Payment of Court Ordered
Child Support Family Responsibility Law is completed, certified by the court
and submitted to the Secretary of State's office which results in the
pending suspension being loaded onto the driving record. The Secretary of
State's office notifies the driver that a license suspension will become
effective in 60 days. The suspension can be avoided if the Secretary of
State's office is notified that the parent has met the court's requirements.
Once the individual has complied with the child support obligations, the
court will submit the Compliance of Family Financial Responsibility Law to
the Secretary of State's office. The parent also may request an
administrative hearing with the Secretary of State's office during the
60-day period following notification. A delinquent parent's driver's license
will remain suspended until the Secretary of State's office receives notice
from the court that the parent is in compliance with the court order of
support. The court can order the Secretary of State's office to provide the
delinquent parent with a Family Financial Responsibility driving permit to
allow travel for work, or medical purposes. For more information, please
call the Secretary of State's office at 217-782-3720.

The court may also order the suspension of a driver's license for
individuals who have been adjudicated as having engaged in visitation abuse
as provided in 625 ILCS 5/7-702(d). The Visitation Order Violation form is
completed, certified by the court and submitted to the Secretary of State's
office which results in the suspension being loaded onto the driving record.
The suspension will remain into effect until the court submits the
Visitation Violation Compliance form to the Secretary of State. All
documents must be entered in court and have the court seal in order to be
acceptable by the Secretary of State. For more information, please call the
Secretary of State's office at 217-782-3720.

System Two - DHFS-Ordered Suspension

The law gives authority to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
Services to request that the Secretary of State's office suspend the
driver's license of a parent who is 90 days or more delinquent in child
support payments. DHFS reports cases of individuals who are 90 days or more
in arrears in child support payments directly to the Secretary of State's
office. The Secretary of State's office then notifies the driver that a
license suspension will become effective in 60 days. The suspension can be
avoided if the Secretary of State's office is notified by DHFS that the
parent has met their child support obligations.

For more information, please call the Illinois Department of Healthcare and
Family Services at 217-524-2936. To avoid suspension of driving privileges,
the individual must contact the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
Services and make payment arrangements for their child support obligation.

DHFS can direct the Secretary of State's office to provide the delinquent
parent with a Family Financial Responsibility driving permit to allow travel
for employment, searching for employment or medical purposes. All driving
permit requests should be made directly to DHFS at 217-524-2936.