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My son has been in Mo. Dept. of Corrections for 18 mths. lost his license for not paying child support. what?

My son was incarcerated for 18 mths. He lost his driver’s license for not paying child support during this time. How can he work when he can’t drive? how does he get his license back? Are there any programs for helping with school and housing Etc.? we live in Missouri.

File a motion in the local court under the department of child support services case and request reinstatement of the driver’s license. All child support wants is payment. Have your son make regular payments (no matter how small) until he gets into court. They will likely put him on a payment plan and reinstate his driver’s license conditioned on compliance with the repayment plan.

By the way, if "standard orders" were issued in the current child support order they cannot collect child support while your son was incarcerated. Check your court orders carefully. If orders were issued regarding incarceration your son may be able to have all payments and/or interest deducted from any arrears he may have due to the incarceration.

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7 Responses to “My son has been in Mo. Dept. of Corrections for 18 mths. lost his license for not paying child support. what?”

  1. He applies for a restricted permit that will allow him to drive for employment only untill he catches up. AS for the rest, check with the county welfare department.
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  2. File a motion in the local court under the department of child support services case and request reinstatement of the driver’s license. All child support wants is payment. Have your son make regular payments (no matter how small) until he gets into court. They will likely put him on a payment plan and reinstate his driver’s license conditioned on compliance with the repayment plan.

    By the way, if "standard orders" were issued in the current child support order they cannot collect child support while your son was incarcerated. Check your court orders carefully. If orders were issued regarding incarceration your son may be able to have all payments and/or interest deducted from any arrears he may have due to the incarceration.
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  3. He should have notified the court that was handling his child support order as soon as he was incarcerated, to have his support order modified so that he didn’t become in arrears due to no longer earning.

    "How can he work when he can’t drive?"

    Busses.

    Richard
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  4. Jail is not an excuse. That’s the law.
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  5. If he couldn’t pay because he was disabled, that would be a different matter. But being an incarcerated criminal is simply not an excuse for failing to pay support. To get his license back, he will have to pay his back support.

    To work, he will need to find a job that he can walk to, take a bus to, or get a ride to.

    He should talk to the corrections officials and his parole/probation officer about programs that he may be eligible for.

    That’s how it works. It bites to be a convicted felon. Please spread the word. If more people knew this, maybe the crime rate would go down.
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  6. When he gets out of jail…he can take public transportation to get /find a job like many people do. Once he starts paying child support I’m sure he will be able to get his license back.
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  7. . > How can he work when he can’t drive?

    bus, friend, taxi, walk, bike…..
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