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- Oct 27, 2021
Look, everything everyone is talking about about revocation/flagging of passports is technically accurate, but omits that there are actions that need to be taken first. One, you have to have a valid court order for support. Two, you have to be engaged in state tracking/system for support (there are some registration (for lack of a better term) requirements before the state is involved in your support situation). Three, they have to not pay. Four, you have to go through the admin hoops (whatever paperwork/ meetings/ calls/etc. your state requires. Five, there has to be a request to the passport authorities to ding it.Won't he lose the truck then since he has to leave Mexico every so many months due to the temporary permit he has for it? If he goes to Belize for a day to reset the clock like he did a couple months ago would he be allowed back into Mexico with an invalid US passport? Would they even let him into Belize? Do they even check or give a shit?
Avoiding child support seems like real work.
Some of those may happen simultaneously or automatically (it's state-managed, so ymmv), and some may not. But the long and short is - it's not an automatic process. It requires someone to push forward. And idk what each state requires in terms of process or time or filings (again, likely varies), but anyone thinking this is an immediate or guaranteed outcome is just wrong. It is unfortunately not that easy to avail one's children of the supposed protections and assurances of court-ordered child support.
Eta: and as @Balldo's Gate noted, none of this happens without court-ordered child support in the first place. Until then, it's just hypothetical, which is to say - non-existent and irrelevant in the real world. Which is why turds like Ralph hook up with wimps like Meigh in the first place.
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