$700,000 in Delinquent Child Support Collected
More than $700,000 in child support payments has been collected from 650 delinquent parents in Los Angeles County District Atty. Ira Reiner’s two-month amnesty program, Reiner said Wednesday.
At a news conference with his long-time adversary, feminist attorney Gloria Allred, Reiner said that additional child support payments have been pledged by parents who took advantage of the “Support Our Kids” program in order to avoid arrest and jail.
Reiner said his Bureau of Family Support operations plans to file more than 250 new cases against parents who have failed to provide family support. His investigators also will resume arrests of those with outstanding warrants for failure to pay child support.
Those arrested will face up to one year in jail, a $2,000 fine, or both, Reiner said. And they still will be responsible for the support payments, he said.
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