Child support collection

What is the name of your state? Texas
Is a child support collection agency subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Section 809?
If not are there similar laws in my state?
I have recieved calls from this collection agency five times a day.
They have called my employeer and have continued to call after my employeer and myself had ordered them to stop.
They were told to contact me by mail only and there reply was that child support collection is not subject to any collection laws.

Can you assist me with an answer. thanks

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

Originally posted by bill coleman
What is the name of your state? Texas
Is a child support collection agency subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Section 809?
If not are there similar laws in my state?
I have recieved calls from this collection agency five times a day.
They have called my employeer and have continued to call after my employeer and myself had ordered them to stop.
They were told to contact me by mail only and there reply was that child support collection is not subject to any collection laws.

Can you assist me with an answer. thanks

My response:

Sure.

Why aren't you paying for your child support?

IAAL

*They were told to contact me by mail only and there reply was that child support collection is not subject to any collection laws. *

Oh yes they do have laws! They are to collect even if it means taking your vehicle, throwing you in jail, attaching wages. I say the calling is a pretty light step right now.

Please don't make a child that never asked to be brought into this world suffer. You may think your $'s are going to the EX or what ever, but all-in-all it benefits the child that the guardian receives some sort of funds.

Just a thought, not knowing how old this child is, schools coming up. Do you know how much it costs to send a kid to school with just the basics??

The money was deducted from my wages. The military sees to this. In fact the money sent by the Army was more than the amount required. This is because all seperation pay goes to pay child support and allimony. I was only needing advice on the agency. Not moral advice. Thank you. The complaint is erronious and without merit. I have a repuest in to the military to send all of my pay statements and until I receive them I have to deal with a very agressive collection agency.

OK then, why don't you offer all that up as proof?? fax it to them, send it certified mail, beats getting picked up (arrested) on the way out the door from work.

And sorry to jump to conclusions. Where I live and surrounding area they don't even feed their dogs, let alone support their children, so I thought the worst.

I surely get tired of picking up the pieces of children that I'm not related to and don't know, and being a person who grew up with everything needed and most of all things wanted (no mini-bike or horse tho, LOL), I always feel the need to supply the basics to those needy, even if it puts me in debt.

So again, offer up all your proof don't let it slid, they must have something that says you owe. Now prove it that you don't. It'll cost you more for an attorney sitting behind bars then sitting behind your desk, and it all may be over a big mistake. Good luck to you!

[JETX]

Child support enforcement is totally exempt from the requirements of the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act). The exemption comes about since the FDCPA applies to 3rd party collectors trying to enforce a debt incurred from a "transaction (involving purchase of) property ... or services ... for personal, family or household purposes." CSE (Child Support Enforcement clearly doesn not meet either of these basic requirements.

There have been numerous United States District Court decisions that have held that Child Support is not a consumer debt. Instead, child support is an obligation and government agencies as well as private agencies can utilize whatever "legal methods" are available to force an individual to comply with the terms and conditions of the child
support order.

This was confirmed in a FTC Staff Opinion which can be seen at:
[url]http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/letters/samuels.htm[/url]

You might want to click on:
[url]http://www.deadbeatparent.com/fdcpa.htm[/url]

[Ladynred]

Sounds like a royal screw-up to me. If the military is automatically taking care of your obligations, then the CA obviously has some erroneous information. Since you've requested copies of your pay vouchers already, sounds like you're going to have to put up with this jerk until you can stick proof-positive under his nose that the support is being paid on a regular basis.