[Raymond Hendrix]

I am just trying to point out that some men are trying to pay their lawfull obligations for past due child support. My brother is one of them. Yes, he made a mistake and now he wants to make it right. The state of California "helps" by compounding interest on the past due amount. None of the money he pays ever goes on the principal. He will be paying this for the rest of his life. The kids are now grown and they were supported by my mother when my brother was negligent. I agree that the system is a joke. Do the kids get the money from these life long interest payments?

[RogerFGay]

No, the kids aren't helped by lifelong interest payments. Besides that, there's interest collected on the money passing through the system. That was how processing was supposed to have been paid for. Who keeps the interest payments is anybody's guess. In the game of "public private partnerships" it's likely a politicians relative or someone who gave generously during the last campaign. The fees and interest charged are now nothing more than a question of greed. The child support system learned that it can get away with whatever it wants to do, no matter how arbitrary and destructive.