Deadbeat Dads (and moms)

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My husband told me that he thinks the relatives of my ex-husband who are keeping his location and work place a secret should be prosecuted for aiding and abedding. That idea interested me, since not paying child support is a crime that can get you put in jail and people who help people commit crimes do get prosecuted for aiding and abedding a criminal. What do you think? How would I go about presenting this to the State of Michigan as a possible law? My ex owes me over $15,000 in child support and his payments are only $40.00 a week. He could get a part-time job at Mc.Donald's to pay that, easily. Is there any excuse to just abandon your child and never pay support or call or write? I know he avoids his daughter because he is afraid we will find out where he is and he will have to pay support. Isn't that rather like saying a relationship with his daughter is less important to him than that measly $40.00 a week? That money would've made a lot of difference in her life, growing up. We have been very poor and it would've helped a lot with her having a better quality of life. Now she is almost 18 and he still owes it to me anyway, the only difference is, if he would've paid it when I was raising her it would've given her a better life and now when he pays it it will only be paying me back for raising her without his help. So, I know I have asked a lot of questions here and given a lot of "food for thought" but I really want to know what you think!