Post by Father Focus on Jan 25, 2010 16:29:22 GMT -5
A lawsuit recently filed alleges the (Mississippi’s) child welfare agency failed to collect nearly $72 million in overdue child support on 124,000 cases in 2000 and didn’t seek millions of dollars in attorney fees that could help needy children.
The lawsuit, which represents one side of a legal argument, alleges DHS’ Division of Child Support Enforcement does not routinely seek attorney fees and court costs, does not routinely seek Medicaid reimbursement and fails to seek interest on overdue child support.
DHS Executive Director Janice Broome Brooks said last month the agency could close by the end of February or mid-March if it does not get $19.8 million to cover a budget shortfall.
The lawsuit says at the end of fiscal 2000, the division had 265,846 open child support cases for 326,036 children and that $71,639,877 was owed in 123,923 cases.
The bottom line is we’re not doing as well as we need to be doing for our children in the DHS,†Moore said.legal argument, alleges DHS’ Division of Child Support Enforcement does not routinely seek attorney fees and court costs, does not routinely seek Medicaid reimbursement and fails to seek interest on overdue child support.
The lawsuit, which represents one side of a legal argument, alleges DHS’ Division of Child Support Enforcement does not routinely seek attorney fees and court costs, does not routinely seek Medicaid reimbursement and fails to seek interest on overdue child support.
DHS Executive Director Janice Broome Brooks said last month the agency could close by the end of February or mid-March if it does not get $19.8 million to cover a budget shortfall.
The lawsuit says at the end of fiscal 2000, the division had 265,846 open child support cases for 326,036 children and that $71,639,877 was owed in 123,923 cases.
The bottom line is we’re not doing as well as we need to be doing for our children in the DHS,†Moore said.legal argument, alleges DHS’ Division of Child Support Enforcement does not routinely seek attorney fees and court costs, does not routinely seek Medicaid reimbursement and fails to seek interest on overdue child support.