No Hunting for Deadbeats
A warning to Utah’s deadbeat parents who hunt and fish: A bill in this year’s legislative session would revoke your privileges to stalk fish and game if you fall too far behind in child-support payments.
With bipartisan support, the Utah House on Tuesday advanced HB197, which seeks to use such privileges as leverage over noncustodial parents who are more than $2,500 behind in these payments.
I've never heard of doing something like this, but it's not a new idea that Utah just came up with:
States with similar laws include New Hampshire, Delaware, New Mexico, South Dakota, Kansas and Pennsylvania. The hunting license rule helps Pennsylvania reap at least $800,000 a month in overdue payments.
$800K per month! WOWZAS! How effective is that!
I'm all for stuff like this.
Makes perfect sense.
Parent = responsibilities.
If you choose to skip those responsibilities, you lose privileges.
Although it is really sad that we have to treat grown adults like they are junior-highers.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
