The search for deadbeat Lapeer County fathers and mothers will fan out to neighboring counties for the first time.
Bench warrant sweeps of parents failing to pay their child support will continue in 2009 in Lapeer County and be expanded into Oakland, Macomb and Genesee counties. Circuit Court Judge Michael Higgins and Circuit Court Judge Justus Scott, family court judges, will conduct hearings on those arrested, said Friend of the Court Emil H. Joseph, Jr.
"We've never gone beyond the county borders, and we're entering into an agreement with other jurisdictions to get positive results," Joseph said. "Our primary resource before was when an out of county person was pulled over and we'd run them through LEIN (law enforcement information network.) They'd take them into custody, and we'd pick them up and bring them to Lapeer."
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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