THE FEDS ARE COMING! THE FEDS ARE COMING!

As a final nightmare, the state will not pay to extradite you? Well there is one more fear. The U.S. Attorney can charge a non-paying parent criminally and have you sent to Federal Prison. If such a charge has been brought against you, you need an attorney where the charge originated
RIGHT NOW!


18 U.S.C. Sec. 228 reads as follows:

Failure to pay child support obligations
a Offense. Whoever willfully fails to pay a past due support obligation with respect to a child who resides in another State shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).

b Punishment. The punishment for an offense under this section is:

1 in the case of a first offense under this section, a find under this title, imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both; and

2 in any other case, a fine under this title, imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.

c Restitution. Upon a conviction under this section, the court shall order restitution under section 3663 in an amount equal to the past due support obligation as it exists at the time of sentencing.

d Definitions. As used in this section:

1 the term "past due obligation" means any amount

A determined under a court order or an order of an administrative process pursuant to the law of a State to be due from a person for the support and maintenance of a child or of a child and the parent with whom the child is living; and

B that has remained unpaid for a period longer than one year, or is greater than $5,000.00; and

2 the term "State" includes the District of Columbia, and any other possession or territory of the United States.