Politics & Government
Fuschillo: Child Support Law Extended
The law suspends the driver's licenses of those who fail to pay child support.
Governor Cuomo has signed legislation I sponsored to help ensure that parents make their child support payments.
The law allows New York State to continue suspending the driver’s licenses of parents who have failed to pay child support. Under the
driver’s license suspension process, the state identifies parents who failed to pay child support and have a driver’s license.
These individuals are then notified that their license will be suspended unless they make their child support payments. Without this extension, the program would have expired on June 30.
Estimates are that the driver’s suspension process helps collect as
much as $10 million in child support payments each year. Over 42,000
license suspension orders were issued for failing to pay child support in 2010, according to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.
Parents have a moral and legal obligation to support their children.
Allowing New York State to continue using this effective enforcement tool will help ensure that parents live up to their responsibilities and that children get the support they need and deserve.
