• frickineh@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Not really. If you have money for a vacation, you have money to support your kid. When I worked in enforcement, I had a guy really call me and tell me that his fiancee’s parents paid for a honeymoon as a wedding gift so he needed to get a passport when he owed like $7k to his kids’ mom. Surprise surprise, he suddenly had the money when there was something he cared about on the line. I actually had several people manage to find large sums of money when their trips were on the line even though they’d all spent years claiming they couldn’t afford to pay.

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      It may not be a vacation. It could be death of a family member or work travel. There are all kinds of non-pleasure reasons to need a passport.

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        3 months ago

        That doesn’t mean withholding your passport is wrong if you’re not paying child support. Stop being an asshole and pay for the kids you brought into this world and abandoned.

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      3 months ago

      Oh yeah, I honestly agree…fuck a dude taking a vacation when he’s way behind on child support. But at the same time…iono…somehow denying a passport over that feels weird?

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        3 months ago

        Fleeing to another country and not returning would make holding individuals who do owe child support much harder…

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        3 months ago

        For me, the idea of the opposite feels weird… being able to get a passport when you are delinquent on child support.

        It’s not like they are being denied health insurance or food stamps.