I'm trying to wrap my head around this... Ohio law allows the suspension of drivers license over and unpaid _private_ debt? Or are these unpaid traffic fine debts?
Hope you can get that sorted out in the next 15 years or so!
The more likely alternative seems to be "Too poor or bad with money management to pay your child support? Just don't pay it and there are no consequences that puts money towards the support of your child."
And if you aren't employed, you can attend a seek work program.
https://support.franklincountyohio.gov/Support-Order-Enforce...
Ohio's minimum wage is $10.45/hr, $21,600/year. With one minor child, the state will require ~$2,000/year in child support (processed for an additional 2% charge).
ADP's net pay calculator says that that will mean you take home $365 a week. $1,400 a month after your child support comes out.
Saying "it has nothing to do with poverty" isn't exactly accurate, either.
> Child support is not some tax or fee or fine. It pays for food and shelter for children.
Wait til you hear about states where the man can be on the hook for child support for a child that isn't his because he "acted as a parent" (because he didn't know this). Sure would seem like a tax or fee or fine to me if that was the case.
All it means is your kid gets less and thinks less of you for it. Poorly thought out plan that punishes the poor and the children dependent on them.
That's not a thing. If someone is poor the judge will take that into account when calculating how much they have to pay.
Child support is not private debt, it's court ordered debt.
It's actually considered one of the highest of all types of debt. It can even take precedence over IRS debt, which is otherwise the debt with the highest precedence.