In Washington County, where Bruni was arrested, his alleged debt to the mothers of three of his children is one of the highest in recent memory. With new tools at their disposal, child support agencies think they now have their best opportunity to force payments from parents in arrears and reduce the sea of bad debt washing over the state's child support system. At the time of sale, the child support debt comes out of the proceeds.
Account seizures Agencies can seize bank and investment accounts now without court order.
The back child support amount is deducted from the accounts. License suspensions Fishing, hunting, driving and even professional licenses can be suspended until the child support obligations are paid off. But if you don't, we have the tools to get the money owed those families. Those new toolsare the result of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Although numbers vary from county to county, parents who are on schedule with their child support payments remain more the exception than the rule, according to numbers tracked by agents.