Immediate Release
July 31, 2009
Batavia, Ohio. The Board of Clermont County Commissioners has proclaimed August as Child Support Enforcement Month to increase awareness about the importance of making timely child support payments. “Evidence suggests that kids who receive support from both parents get better grades in school and have fewer behavioral problems,” said Clermont County Board of Commissioners President Ed Humphrey. “Child support helps families remain self sufficient, relying less on public assistance.”
As part of the campaign, The Clermont County Department of Job and Family Services’ Child Support Enforcement (CSE) division is once again working with the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office, Juvenile Court, Domestic Relations Court, Common Pleas Court, and the Prosecutor’s Office to apprehend 351 parents who are behind in making over $5.1 million in support payments to 428 children in the county. This is the eighth annual Most Wanted Roundup in the county; last August, Sheriff’s Deputies resolved 135 warrants, which resulted in child support collections of $49,113 by the end of 2008.
Throughout the month of August, pictures of those who owe the most in child support payments will be featured in local newspapers, on Time Warner cable television access channels in the county, and will be available on the Web site www.ClermontSupportsKids.org. If you have information about any of the individuals featured in the campaign, please contact the Clermont County CSE Division at (513) 732-7248; you can remain anonymous.
Child Support Enforcement is responsible for establishment, enforcement, and collection of court orders for child support and/or medical insurance in the most cost effective manner possible; CSE must do so in compliance with statutes and regulations, and in a manner that warrants the highest degree of public confidence.
Pictured above: James Leppert owes his children over $56,000.
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For additional information about this or other county news, contact Clermont County Communications Director Kathryn Lehr at (513) 732-7597 or by e-mail, klehr@co.clermont.oh.us.