The article below from the Mobile Register details their local “Operation Give a Child a Father for Father’s Day.†Foolish meâ€â€when I first heard of this I thought it might be an effort to enforce fathers’ visitation rights or custody rights, or perhaps an attempt to stand up to mothers’ attempts to alienate their children from their fathers. Or maybe they were going to take some kids whose mommies had lied to them and told them that their fathers had abandoned them and arrange a meeting between them and the loving fathers who’d been locked out of their lives.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Father’s Day target: Deadbeat dads: Ten arrests made in Baldwin County, and more are promised
Saturday, June 16, 2007
By Virginia Bridges
Just days away from Father’s Day, a Baldwin County deputy walked into a Magnolia Springs bar and arrested a man accused of owing nearly $129,000 in child support.
The Summerdale father of two, Arthuro De La Garza, 46, was one of 10 men the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office arrested since late last week as part of “Operation Give a Child a Father for Father’s Day.” The men were charged with civil contempt of court for failing to pay between $2,347 and $128,553 in child support, according to court documents and law enforcement officials.
The arrests were part of a joint initiative between the Baldwin County District Attorney’s and Sheriff’s Office to encourage parents — the vast majority of them fathers — to fulfill their child support obligations.
“This roundup is about parents who choose pleasure over the needs of their children,” said District Attorney Judy Newcomb at a Friday press conference. “I would like to say to all those parents: ‘If you are not right with child support in Baldwin County, you need to get right before a sheriff’s deputy arrests you.’”
Over the past month, the District Attorney’s Child Support Division has identified more than 50 cases in which parents are more than $5,000 in arrears, Newcomb said.
“More arrests are imminent,” Baldwin County Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack Jr. said.
Read the full article here.
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