Whyte Noise
Senior Member
What is the name of your state? Doesn't matter.
As for the other side of my debate... the differences in laws and punishments for CP's and NCP's...
1.) Is contempt of a court order not contempt of a court order, no matter what the offense was that caused the person to be in contempt?
2.) Why is the puncishment of an NCP that is in contempt of a court order for CS more severe than than the punishment of a CP who is in contempt of a court order for withholding a child from the other parent?
3.) Why are there set levels of "punishment" when it comes to NCP's not paying CS (i.e first, wage attachment, then income tax intercept, then license revocation, then liens on real property, then jail, etc.) and there is no such set level of punishment for CP's that continuously deny visitations?
4.) Why is it that an order for child support will specifically state a sanction for being behind in CS (i.e. "If the amount due is equal to or greater than the amount payable for one month, the payments required to be made shall be collected by the process of continuing garnishment of support") Yet, there are no such sanctions in a custody order for the CP that again denies visitation? (i.e. If the amount of time denied is equal to or greater than the amount of parenting time specified for that particular month, then the person denying visitations shall be in contempt of this court order and shall be fined $XXX amount")
5.) Why will a state have laws on their books to address certain issues, yet when a person tries to use those laws and get justice, the court refuses to apply those laws? (This one is for CP's and NCP's both.)
6.) Why will a state more readily hold an NCP in contempt for non-payment of child support than they will a CP for denial of visitation?
I know that there are deadbeat NCP's and deadbeat CP's as well. I'm not arguing the numbers of each. I'm just simply wanting to know why an NCP is faced with more sanctions, more often, for not paying CS, than a CP is for not allowing visitation. What makes one thing more "wrong" than the other?
As for the other side of my debate... the differences in laws and punishments for CP's and NCP's...
1.) Is contempt of a court order not contempt of a court order, no matter what the offense was that caused the person to be in contempt?
2.) Why is the puncishment of an NCP that is in contempt of a court order for CS more severe than than the punishment of a CP who is in contempt of a court order for withholding a child from the other parent?
3.) Why are there set levels of "punishment" when it comes to NCP's not paying CS (i.e first, wage attachment, then income tax intercept, then license revocation, then liens on real property, then jail, etc.) and there is no such set level of punishment for CP's that continuously deny visitations?
4.) Why is it that an order for child support will specifically state a sanction for being behind in CS (i.e. "If the amount due is equal to or greater than the amount payable for one month, the payments required to be made shall be collected by the process of continuing garnishment of support") Yet, there are no such sanctions in a custody order for the CP that again denies visitation? (i.e. If the amount of time denied is equal to or greater than the amount of parenting time specified for that particular month, then the person denying visitations shall be in contempt of this court order and shall be fined $XXX amount")
5.) Why will a state have laws on their books to address certain issues, yet when a person tries to use those laws and get justice, the court refuses to apply those laws? (This one is for CP's and NCP's both.)
6.) Why will a state more readily hold an NCP in contempt for non-payment of child support than they will a CP for denial of visitation?
I know that there are deadbeat NCP's and deadbeat CP's as well. I'm not arguing the numbers of each. I'm just simply wanting to know why an NCP is faced with more sanctions, more often, for not paying CS, than a CP is for not allowing visitation. What makes one thing more "wrong" than the other?