Posted on 08/22/2016 6:01:22 AM PDT by artichokegrower
Maria Rivera sold her home and went bankrupt in recent years trying to pay the $16,372 she owed Orange County for incarcerating her then-teenage son in Juvenile Hall.
Yet, even after her bankruptcy, the county – which state law permits to charge parents for locking up their kids – persisted in pursuing Rivera for the rest of what she owed.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
If she pays taxes, I would have some problem with this. Perhaps determine on a case-by-case basis, but that would not be fair under such a law. Hmmm...
It was 16 in PG county in 1987.
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