Project Child Support Launches A New Service To Fix A Huge Flaw In The Child Support System That Destroys Noncustodial Parents’ Credit

Breaking News:  A Flaw in the Child Support System Destroys the Credit of Noncustodial Parents is Identified in this Release   

New York, New York – When noncustodial parents’ income circumstances change to warrant a reduction of their child support obligations, in accordance with their state’s child support payment guidelines, they must obtain new child support orders, which can take months. 

The Problem

Before most judges will grant what is known as a “downward modification”, which is a reduced child support payment obligation, noncustodial parents are required to provide several paystubs that show their earnings have been significantly reduced.  If a noncustodial parent is unemployed at the time they attempt to obtain a downward modification, their requests are denied in most cases and they are required to demonstrate to the court they are unable to obtain a job that generates earnings equivalent to the job they lost.  Once noncustodial parents are able to demonstrate to the court they are eligible for a downward modification, they have accumulated considerable arrears.  If noncustodial parents have not accumulated arrears, even if their circumstances warrant a downward modification, they may be denied because they have proven they can maintain their current child support obligation.  Once noncustodial parents accumulate child support arrears, the Office of Child Support Enforcement reports their delinquent payment history to all three credit bureaus.  To make matters worse, Supreme Court laws like Lepis v. Lepis, and requiring 18 months before granting modifications, prevent noncustodial parents from receiving downward modifications until their new circumstances are deemed to be permanent, thus healthy credit profiles are destroyed.  Many judges, who issue court orders granting downward modifications, include provisions that enable noncustodial parents to pay their arrears over time, but no provisions are provided to repair a noncustodial parent’s credit destroyed by the child support system.

The Real Questions

Individuals who have poor credit profiles are denied loans, employment, automobiles, mortgages, and denied the ability to simply rent an apartment.  Derogatory child support information, and child support judgments on noncustodial parents’ credit profiles, immediately label them as “deadbeat parents” who don’t take care of their children.  How do millions of noncustodial parents, who have derogatory child support information or child support judgments on their credit profiles, convince employers they are not irresponsible deadbeats who neglect their children?  What happens when that employer, loan officer, auto finance manager, or rental office manager happens to be a single custodial parent?  Although we all know the answer to this question, the real question is how does a noncustodial parent prevent or fix this problem?  Are we helping noncustodial parents pay their child support arrears if we damage their ability to obtain employment, promotions, etc.?

The Solution: Project Child Support Teams Up with Kredit Koncepts

Until laws are passed that require derogatory child support information and judgments provided to credit bureaus be removed when a noncustodial parent’s circumstances warrant a downward modification, noncustodial parents must seek private legal and credit restoration services.  Once a noncustodial parent obtains a new court order that modifies an order associated with any derogatory child support information or child support judgment on their credit report, Project Child Support will provide services to enable Kredit Koncepts to have the information removed.  Kredit Koncetps is a full service credit restoration company that provides services to remove erroneous and derogatory credit information from their customer’s three credit bureaus.  The new program will be called the “Amnesty Program with Credit Restoration Services”.  In addition to providing services to assist noncustodial parents in obtaining court orders to restructure their child support obligations and arrears, the Project Child Support initiative provides the following services through its Amnesty Program:

- Noncustodial parents are provided with employment agencies to help them obtain employment and to confirm they are seeking employment

- Noncustodial parents receive letters for prospective employers that explain the circumstances relating to their arrears, to increase their chances of obtaining employment

- Noncustodial parents receive credit analysis and service to remove derogatory information that warrants removal, including any errors  

- Once noncustodial parents receive a new court order, they will receive the credit restoration services at no additional cost to remove their derogatory child support information from their credit profile

To support the demand the Amnesty Program with Credit Restoration Service will generate, Project Child Support is gearing up to support an average of 400 noncustodial parent accounts per month from Kredit Koncepts.  Project Child Support will receive accounts from Kredit Koncepts that need the services of the Amnesty Program, and Kredit Koncepts will receive accounts from Project Child Support who need credit restoration services.  “When seeking a court order for a downward modification or for the restructure of arrears, noncustodial parents also need investigative services to confirm they do not have any additional revenue streams they are hiding.  The also need legal services to obtain a court order to structure the payment of their arrears, and stop enforcement actions.  The restoration of driver’s licenses, the discharge of arrest warrants, and the discharges of levies are the type of enforcement actions the Amnesty Program can provide.  Since we know how to assist custodial parents in collecting their arrears though our Collection Program, we know how to help noncustodial parents and understand the flaws within the system.  When the laws and procedures were created to require noncustodial parents to wait months before granting them downward modifications, it was not taken into consideration the damages they would incur.  Our new program was created to repair those damages” says Kai D. Patterson, Founder of Project Child Support. 

Kai D. Patterson created Project Child Support in honor of his mother, who was unable to collect child support from Mr. Patterson’s father, which provides affordable and free services to parents (See: Patterson’s Story).  The program provides a 24-hour call center to enable custodial and noncustodial parents to schedule consultations and receive assistance by calling 855-851-HELP (4357).

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PARENTS MAY CONTACT

Project Child Support at (855) 851-HELP or (855) 851-4357

or via e-mail at support@projectchildsupport.com

#Kai Patterson  #Kai D. Patterson   #Project Child Support  #Bounty Alert

Project Child Support Releases Documents Related to the Unpaid Child Support and Arrest of “Love & Hip Hop” Star Steven J

Exclusive Release

Breaking News: Mona Scott, Whose Firm Produces ‘Love & Hip Hop’ States in a Court Subpoena that Stevie J Does Not Do Any Business With Her Firm

Did Mona Scott Lie in a Court Ordered Subpoena to Help Stevie J Continue to Evade Paying Child Support?

New York, New York – On October 28, 2013, Project Child Support issued a press release that disclosed the Grammy Award Winning Music Producer and “Love & Hip Hop Star”, Stevie J owed over $1 million dollars in unpaid child support to Carol Antoinette Bennett.  Project Child Support’s attorneys, aided by Bounty Alert, Inc., filed a petition to enforce the payment of Mr. Jordan’s arrears in the New York Family Court, which led to an order being granted to subpoena any third party company doing business with Stevie J to determine his income and revenue sources.  The petition filed to enforce the payment of the arrears also enabled Project Child Support to seek a court order to seize the assets of Mr. Jordan from all of his revenue sources, to pay his unpaid child support and fees.  Included in the subpoena response, Mona Scott represented that her entertainment company “Monami Entertainment” did not do any business with Steven J (See: Mona Scott’s Subpoena Response).  It was reported yesterday that Mona Scott posted $25,000 for Stevie J's bail, but the real question is did she lie in a court ordered subpoena to help Stevie J continue to evade paying child support?  “I don’t understand how an Executive Producer of a hit television reality series does not enter into any agreements with the cast or any organizations contracted with the cast of a television production.  This is a felony child support evasion case, and helping someone commit a felony crime is a felony crime.  We are going cooperate with the federal agencies investigating this case and provide them with copies of all documents we received that are related to this case, including Mona Scott’s court ordered subpoena response” says Kai Patterson, who is the Founder of Project Child Support.

In response to the subpoenas, Joseline Hernandez and Stevie J failed to accept or respond to the documents (See: Failed Acceptances).  Mr. Jordan’s and Ms. Hernandez’s failure to accept or respond to the subpoenas demonstrates is a violation of the court order subpoena, since they were sent to their correct address.  Their failure to accept or respond to the court ordered subpoenas will not help Stevie J in the federal trial that will be forthcoming.  “Because Stevie J is a celebrity of a hit reality series and has the ability to command enormous media attention, his actions are an example to noncustodial parents throughout the world.  His child support order was issued consistently with any order issued for a noncustodial parent who is not a celebrity.  If he is allowed to not take care of his children without any enforcement actions, it will set a bad example for noncustodial parents throughout the world, and make a mockery of our child support system in the United States of America to the rest of the world.  Stevie J’s children have lost 14 and 16 years of opportunities their child support would have enabled, which they can never turn back the calendar to receive” says Patterson.  

When Project Child Support undertook the case on May 29, 2013, the initial documents Carol Antoinette Bennett received from the New York City Office of Child Support Enforcement stated that Mr. Jordan’s total past due support obligation owed equaled “$0.00”, although she was owed over $1 million dollars (See: Initial Statement of Arrears).  Perhaps it was the initial statement that caused two prior arrest warrants issued against Mr. Jordan to be dismissed.  After requesting a detailed report of the arrears, the subsequent statement issued disclosed that Mr. Jordan’s delinquent unpaid child support equaled $1,026,622.84 (See Page 2: Subsequent Statement of Arrears). After filing the petition to enforce the payment of Mr. Jordan’s unpaid child support, Project Child Support’s attorneys confirmed with a caseworker from the Office of Child Support Enforcement a federal investigation was being conducted.  To ensure Project Child Support did not compromise the federal investigation, no statements or documents were released to the public that disclosed a federal investigation was being conducted.  “It presented a bit of a challenge not to disclose the federal investigation, because we wanted Mr. Jordan and his attorney to realize the seriousness of this case.  In February 2014, rather than take even the smallest step to resolve his unpaid child support, Mr. Jordan opened “Sleazy and Zino Bistro”, while failing to make a single payment towards his arrears,” says Patterson.  Last year, Robert Sand, who was dubbed Americas #1 Deadbeat, was sentenced to more than 2½ years for owing $1 million dollars in unpaid child support.  The FBI traveled to the Philippines to apprehend him under the felony child support evasion statures.  Coincidently, both the Robert Sand and Stevie J are federal cases in the State of New York for the nonpayment of child support in excess of $1 million dollars. 

When a noncustodial parent fails to pay child support and the arrears increase to considerable levels, such as in the case of Stevie J’s arrears, felony child support evasion charges can be imposed.  The Office of Inspector General, OIG, may intervene in child support cases when: the noncustodial parent willfully fails to pay child support for more than 1 year and the State where the child lives is different from the State where the noncustodial parent lives, the amount the noncustodial parent owes is more than $5,000 and the State where the child lives is different from the State where the noncustodial parent lives, or the noncustodial parent travels to another State or country to avoid paying child support.  Punishment for a first offense for failure to pay child support is a fine, up to 6 months in prison, or both. In the case of a second or subsequent offense or a case when the obligation has been unpaid for longer than 2 years or is more than $10,000, the punishment increases to a fine of up to $250,000, 2 years in prison, or both. Noncustodial parents convicted of these offenses must also pay restitution and/or settlements of the child support amount owed (See: Federal Child Support Laws & Video).

Project Child Support is an initiative that was created to reduce the more than $100 billion dollars unpaid child support, of which 49 cents of every dollar is absorbed by taxpayers, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (See: Article).  The initiative provides custodial parents and noncustodial parents with services to assist them in collecting and paying their unpaid child support.  The initiative provides investigative services to determine a noncustodial parent’s locations, income and assets, as well as collection services with the aid of Bounty Alert, Inc. (See: Website).  Legal services provided by the attorneys of the initiative include obtaining court orders to enforce the payment of unpaid child support to assist custodial parents, obtaining consent orders that are agreed upon by both parents, or obtaining court orders to terminate enforcement actions against noncustodial parents.  Project Child Support specializes in those cases whose circumstances meet the federal evasion guidelines, specifically when custodial parents are owed $20,000 or more in arrears.  The program also provides services to obtain enforcement orders to enable fugitive recovery agents (bounty hunters), to apprehend noncustodial parents with child support warrants, which relieves states the burden of incurring apprehension costs.  Kai D. Patterson created Project Child Support in honor of his mother, who was unable to collect child support from Mr. Patterson’s father, which provides affordable and free services to parents (See: Patterson’s Story).  The program provides a 24-hour call center to enable custodial and noncustodial parents to schedule consultations and received assistance.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PARENTS MAY CONTACT

Project Child Support at (855) 851-HELP or (855) 851-4357

or via e-mail at support@projectchildsupport.com

#Kai Patterson  #Kai D. Patterson   #Project Child Support  #Bounty Alert

Project Child Support Partners with Fathers Now of Newark Now to Provide Services for Fathers in the City of Newark

Breaking News: Project Child Support Partner with Fathers Now of Newark Now.

Project Child Support’s Website: http://www.projectchildsupport.org    

Project Child Support and Fathers Now, The Newark Comprehensive Center for Fathers a subsidy of Newark Now, partner to provide child support assistance services for Newark Parents.  The program will include providing child support educational and assistance services to parents through Newark’s Comprehensive Centers for Fathers.

The Newark Comprehensive Center for Fathers (NCCF) helps fathers develop a stronger commitment to fatherhood, stronger parenting skills, and stronger employment skills. Project Child Support's Amnesty Program will enable parents who are noncustodial parents and owe child support to obtain services structure court ordered payment plans to repay their unpaid child support arrears, discharge arrest warrants, driver license suspensions and tax levies.  The program also provides legal services to obtain court orders that reduce noncustodial parent’s child support obligations for parents who are underemployed or whose income has been reduced since their child support order was issued.

Newark residents who are owed unpaid child support may acquire the assistance of Project Child Support’s Collection Program, which provides custodial parents with the most comprehensive private child support collection service to collect their unpaid child support arrears.  Custodial Parents who just need investigation services to obtain a Child Support Order, can subscribe to the Filling Investigation Program to locate noncustodial parents and receive certifications to enable the Office of Child Support Enforcement to grant custodial parents Child Support Orders, once a noncustodial parent is notified and files to appear in court.

Project Child Support is an initiative of the Custodial Support Foundation and Bounty Alert that provides child support assistance services to custodial and noncustodial parents in an effort to reduce the over $100 Billion owed in unpaid child support.  Kai D. Patterson, who was raised in Newark, by his late mother, and never received child support from his father, spearheaded the Project Child Support initiative.  “It feels good to be able to provide a program needed by so many in the city where I was raised, and witnessed first hand how the nonpayment of child support has destroyed the opportunities of countless children,” says Patterson.  The Father’s Now program will be one of the first programs of Newark Now to offer Project Child Support’s services to Newark residents.  Antoinette Dismukes, who was also raised in Newark, and has experienced the challenges of collecting child support, is Project Child Support’s Marketing Manager, who will coordinate the child support assistance services for Newark Now’s parents.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PARENTS MAY CONTACT

Project Child Support at (855) 851-HELP or (855) 851-4357

or via e-mail at support@projectchildsupport.com

First Nation Investigations Team Up with Project Child Support to Provide Child Support Enforcement Services

Breaking News: Parents Can Subscribe on First Nation Investigation’s Website

Project Child Support’s Website: http://www.projectchildsupport.org

First Nation Investigations’ Website: http://www.firstnationinvestigations.com

Project Child Support is an initiative of the Custodial Support Foundation and Bounty Alert to provide child support assistance services to custodial and noncustodial parents in an effort to reduce the over $100 Billion owed in unpaid child support.

Project Child Support's Collection Program provides custodial parents with the most comprehensive child support collection services, when parents need assistance in their collection efforts for child support and spousal support arrears.  To assist custodial parents who are owed arrears in obtaining Child Support Enforcement Orders, First Nation Investigations now enables custodial parents to subscribe through their website to obtain the Custodial Support Foundation's Project Child Support initiative.  Parents who are owed arrears, can subscribe to Collection Program to obtain investigative, legal, collection and apprehension services through the Project Child Support initiative.

Custodial Parents who just need investigation services to obtain a Child Support Order, can subscribe to the Filling Investigation Program to locate noncustodial parents and receive certifications to enable the Office of Child Support Enforcement to grant custodial parents Child Support Orders, once a noncustodial parent is notified and files to appear in court.  Noncustodial parents who owe child support can subscribe to the Amnesty Program to receive services to discharge enforcement actions, which may include arrest warrants, driver license suspensions, passport revocation and tax levies.  The Amnesty Program also provides services to assist noncustodial parents in obtaining a modification of the child support obligation, if their circumstances have changed in accordance with their state requirements.

In addition to enabling parents to subscribe to the Project Child Support initiative, First Nation Investigations will begin developing and hosting child support workshops with Project Child Support.  Separate workshops will be established for custodial parents and noncustodial parents.

Project Child Support was created by Kai Patterson in honor of his mother, who was unable to collect child support from Mr. Patterson’s father, which provides affordable and free services to parents (See: Patterson’s Story).  The program provides a 24-hour call center to enable custodial and non-custodial parents to schedule consultations and receive assistance by calling 855-851-HELP (4357).

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PARENTS MAY CONTACT Project Child Support at (855) 851-HELP or (855) 851-4357 or via e-mail at support@projectchildsupport.com #Kai Patterson  #Kai D. Patterson   #Project Child Support  #Custodial Support Foundation  #Bounty Alert

DJ Legend Apprehended for the Nonpayment of Child Support, and Released After Entering Into a Settlement and Making a Payment

For: Immediate Release

Bounty Hunters of Project Child Support Apprehend DJ Cheese, Who Entered Into a Consent Order, Made a Payment and was Released to Avoid Jail Time.

Tamela Nasim was referred to Project Child Support to assist in the collection of $60,963.13 in unpaid child support that she was owed by Robert E. Cheese, who is also known as Hip-Hop DJ Legend "DJ Cheese".  When Ms. Nasim contacted Project Child Support, she stated that she was receiving welfare and was unable to pay the subscription fee of only 13 payments of $30, plus a onetime fee of $10 to cover the document costs.  Coincidently, on the day Ms. Nasim contacted Project Child Support, a sponsor for Bounty Alert enabled her to receive Project Child Support's Collection Program at no cost.  After conducting an investigation to confirm Mr. Cheese’s address, and determine his ability to pay his child support obligation, Ms. Nasim was provided with additional investigative services, legal services, collection services and apprehension services.

Tamela Nasim's child support order was issued by the Superior Court of New Jersey in Somerset County, and being administered by the Somerset County Department of Probation.  Her child support order required DJ Cheese to only pay $85 per week, and he was issued a subsequent Order on March 7, 2012 to pay $20 per week against his more than $60,000 in unpaid child support arrears.  The weekly arrears payment plan issued in the subsequent Order, would have caused Ms. Nasim to wait more than 63 years and 6 months to receive all of her unpaid child support; assuming Mr. Cheese never missed another payment.  Since Ms. Nasim is currently 46 year old, she would have to live to a ripe old age of 110 before she could collect all of her unpaid child support.  Mr. Cheese is 47 years old, so he would have to continue working until he is 111 years old.

After obtaining a copy Mr. Cheese's arrest warrant issued on August 21, 2013 by the Superior Court of New Jersey for the nonpayment of child support, Bounty Alert contracted one of its more than 43 fugitive recovery agencies (bounty hunter agencies) to apprehend Mr. Cheese.  Since Mr. Cheese lives in Essex County New Jersey, it was unlikely the Somerset County Sheriff's Department would travel across two counties to apprehend him.  Noncustodial parents with arrest warrants relish in the comfort of knowing they typically will not be hunted down by law enforcement for the nonpayment of child support.  States do not benefit financially when a noncustodial parent pays their arrears, unless the custodial parent is receiving state assistance. As a result, the cost of enforcing the nonpayment of child support is becoming overwhelming.  According to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, unpaid child support exceeds $110 billion dollars in the United States, and $53 billion is absorbed by tax payers, which is almost 50%.  According to Ms. Nasim's statement of arrears, Mr. Cheese owes more than $10,000 of his arrears to the State of New Jersey for the state assistance Ms. Nasim receives.

Prior to being apprehended, Mr. Cheese was hospitalized for emergency surgery, where he received an appendectomy.  The surgery delayed the apprehension, because he was given the opportunity to recover.  On the night of August 28, 2013, Mr. Cheese had a welcome home party at his residence in Orange, New Jersey that was attended by numerous guests, and observed by a fugitive recovery surveillance team.  On the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2013, at approximately 3:30 PM, Mr. Cheese was apprehended by a team of fugitive recovery agents that consisted of a former agent for the FBI Fugitive Recovery Task Force, and a former United States Marine Corps Infantry Officer.  After Mr. Cheese was handcuffed, he told the agents that he had just returned from purchasing back-to-school clothes for his daughter, and that he recently made a child support payment.  Although the payment was confirmed, it was not enough to satisfy the warrant.  According to the fugitive recovery agents, Mr. Cheese was very cooperative and was very respectful.  As a result of his actions, his recent payment and having recently purchased clothes for his daughter, he was provided with the opportunity to enter into a settlement arrangement to avoid going to jail.  Both parents agreed to the terms negotiated by Project Child Support and executed a Consent Order.

Unlike the terms and provisions provided in a typical Child Support Enforcement Order, the Consent Order included enforceable terms that will cause an arrest warrant to be reissued if Mr. Cheese fails to comply with the payment terms of the Order.  Mr. Cheese is responsible for the payment of the fees, which he politely agreed to do.  The requirement of Mr. Cheese to pay the fees saves the State of New Jersey and tax payers the costs of enforcing Ms. Nasim's child support order.  The terms of the Consent Order have reduced the payments of arrears from 63 years and 6 months to 14 years and 6 months.  If Mr. Cheese did not agree to a Consent Order, he would have been taken to the Somerset County Jail, a Motion for an Enforcement Order would have been filed.  The Motion would have requested that Mr. Cheese be required to pay all of his arrears within 2 weeks.   Project Child Support has posted an Enforcement Order on its website that contains the terms the Court previously has granted to enforce the payment of arrears.  Mr. Cheese's wanted profile has been modified in Bounty Alert's Deadbeat to Released.  The Bounty Alert mobile phone and desktop applications enable users to receive deadbeat parent alerts, which contain the profiles of noncustodial parents with child support warrants.  Should Mr. Cheese fail to comply with the Consent Order, the arrest warrant will be reissued, he will be hunted down and immediately arrested by fugitive recovery agents. Also, Mr. Cheese is required to pay for his own apprehensions.  "Since Mr. Cheese was polite, cooperative, acted like a gentlemen, and had just purchased clothes for his daughter, Ms. Nasim agreed to allow his driver's license to be restored to enable Mr. Cheese to obtain more DJ opportunities", said Founder Kai D. Patterson.

Mr. Cheese just has to comply with the terms of the Consent Order, and he no longer has to worry about any enforcement actions, or being arrested.  Now he can focus on what he does best, which is being a DJ.  In 1986, Robert Cheese won the DMC DJ contest, and his YouTube Video confirms he is extremely talented.  His skills enable him to perform at night clubs, summer park jams, and concerts to generate substantial earnings.  The number of people that attended his welcome home party when he was released from his surgery, also confirms that he has a fan following.  He also has an interview posted on thefoundation.com, which is a website that contains profiles of Hip-Hop music legends.

Bounty Alert, and the Custodial Support Foundation were founded by Kai Patterson in honor of his late mother Brenda Patterson West, who raised Mr. Patterson as a single parent mother, without receiving child support.  Project Child Support was also founded by Mr. Patterson, and consists of an initiative between Bounty Alert and the Custodial Support Foundation.  It is an initiative provided by Bounty Alert and the Custodial Support Foundation.  Bounty Alert provides investigative, and apprehension services to assist custodial parents owed child support arrears.  The Custodial Support Foundation assists parents in acquiring discounted legal services to assist parents in obtaining Enforcement Orders, Consent Orders and obligation modifications.  "I founded Bounty Alert on the anniversary of my mother's birthday, which was on October 16, 2009, in honor of her and all parents who raise children in  America without receiving adequate child support", says Patterson.

Last year, Cablevision sponsored the Custodial Support Foundation's weekly talk show called "the Custodial Support Forum".  Several episodes were required and aired on Cablevision to teach parents how to deal with child support collection and payment problems.  Included are an Apprehension Episode that describes the effective use of bounty hunters to assist in the apprehension of noncustodial parents with arrest warrants. A Collection Episode, an Enforcement Order Episode and a Noncustodial Parent Assistance Episode were also produced and aired.

To date, forty eight (48) fugitive recovery agencies have been contracted by Bounty Alert to provide apprehension services for noncustodial parents with child support warrants, for the Project Child Support initiative.  Custodial parents who are owed arrears and where arrest warrants have already been issued, can receive expedited enforcement services by calling Project Child Support 24-Hour Call Center or by enrolling on the Project Child Support website.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PARENTS MAY CONTACT

Project Child Support at (855) 851-HELP or (855) 851-4357

or via e-mail at support@projectchildsupport.com