The list appears in today's Sentinel. On the fourth Monday of each month The Sentinel will publish a list of people who have bench warrants lodged against them for failing to appear before a Cumberland County judge to discuss their failure to pay. Also featured there once a month will be a photo of one of the parents being sought for child support. Several years ago this newspaper each week featured one parent wanted for failure to pay. We do not sit on information.
Most people do pay their support.
Cumberland County has one of the state's highest rates when it comes to parents who do pay support, Betts says. He attributes this to the county's relatively low number of people on welfare. Men make up about 90 percent of the people ordered by judges to pay child or spousal support. The DRO office has a variety of tools to find those who owe support. A statewide automated computer system to assist in finding those who owe support money became operational in all counties Feb. 1.