Amnesty offered in Pennsylvania while work release initiated in Georgia
Child support—some avoiding jail, while others get out to work off non-payment
More news today about different states cracking down on parents who fail to pay their child support. In Pittsburgh, a five-day amnesty program expired on Friday allowing parents who had warrants for their arrest for non-payment of child support to come forward, pay the support, and avoid jail time. During the five-day program, over $118,000 in child support was collected according to the article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
While amnesty was offered in Pennsylvania, Georgia officials were starting a work-release program for those parents jailed for non-payment of child support, according to a recent article out of Savannah.
The non-payment of child support is a difficult situation to generalize. There are many stories of people who do not pay up until such time as they are facing time behind bars while there are others who do not have the means, or limited means, to pay the support orders in place. There are no easy answers, but at least some states are attempting to find workable solutions to the problem.
