Is criminal child support enforcement the same as the child support enforcement services provided by the Child Support Division of the Gila County Attorney’s Office?
No. The Child Support Division of the Gila County Attorney’s Office employs civil and administrative remedies in order to enforce civil child support orders. These remedies include wage assignments, state and federal tax intercepts, lottery intercepts, bank account seizures, civil contempt proceedings, and credit bureau reporting among others. What all of these remedies have in common is that they are all non-criminal. In other words, although they can have severe financial consequences and even sometimes leave someone who is ordered to pay child support in jail for a period because they have refused to pay child support, none of them can result in the person paying support being convicted of a crime. On the other hand, the criminal charge of non-support can result in the person not supporting his or her child being convicted of a felony, sentenced to prison or probation, and losing the right to vote or possess firearms.
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