Deadbeat Parents Could Lose Snowmobile
and ATV Registrations
May 25, 2007
By Elizabeth Reinholt, WCSH6.com
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine may take another step to persuade "deadbeat"
parents who are behind in child support to pay up.
The House of Representatives has endorsed a bill to allow the revocation of
snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle registration from a person who has been
certified as failing to comply with a child support order.
The bill, which still faces final House and Senate votes, also prohibits the
issuance or renewal of a snowmobile and ATV registrations in those cases. It
authorizes the Health and Human Services Department to review registration
records in order to identify those who are in violation of child support
orders.
Maine for years has denied motor vehicle, hunting, fishing, professional and
other licenses to those who are behind in child support and fail to agree to
payment plans.
Last year, a law was enacted to give the state access to cellular phone
records of parents who owe child support money. Under the law, the state can
submit lists of parents who owe money to wireless service companies, which
must return the lists with information including Social Security numbers and
addresses and employers of those listed.
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