$1.6B in child support held up due to third-party vendor, judge alleges
“We’re now $1.6 billion behind in child support collections because this vendor is not filing the petitions in a timely manner, and that’s a vendor just to clarify ... hired by the state,” Judge Tarik B. Sugarmon said. (The Daily Memphian file)
A Memphis judge said Shelby County parents are missing $1.6 billion in child support payments and blamed the state’s new child support enforcement vendor, Veritas HHS, for a backlog of more than 28,000 cases.
The court cannot resolve these cases because Veritas either failed to file a petition or failed to move the case forward, according to Judge Tarik B. Sugarmon, who leads the Shelby County Juvenile Court.
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Noah McLane
Noah McLane reports on the state house for The Daily Memphian. He was born and raised in Tennessee and attended journalism school at Middle Tennessee State University, where his passion for community-focused storytelling began.
Prior to writing for The Daily Memphian, Noah was the editor-in-chief of his college newspaper, worked on general assignment for the Jackson Hole News & Guide in Jackson, Wyoming, and was most recently an editorial intern at the Nashville Scene.
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