Child support garnishment
6:48A caller from the district attorney's office tells a woman that her check will be garnished for her husband's unpaid child support. She threatens to quit her job, saying she won't support someone else's kids.
Transcript
164 linesHello.
I'm trying to reach a uh place.
Message calling.
My name is uh from the district attorney's office.
Yes.
Uh hi, how are you?
Uh giving you a call today, man.
I'm trying to get some updates from you.
Your husband, Mr.
Is he uh still not working at this point?
No, sir.
Okay.
Uh how long's he been out of work so far, ma'am?
Could you could you give me an update on this?
First of the year.
January.
Okay.
All right.
Here's what we're having, the problems that we're having.
You have a son.
Um I think it's uh His name is K as well.
Fourteen years old, am I right?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
The child support is not being paid from uh Mr.
for the uh for Mr.
Young and we're trying to get this thing rectified now.
The problem that we're gonna have and the reason why we're giving you a call is considering that your your husband hasn't worked since the first of the year and I haven't done the research yet.
I'm just not I'm just not pulling up your file.
I haven't done the research to see how many months in the rears he is on child support.
Um he lost his job.
Okay.
Well the problem that we're we're we're going to have is they're gonna start taking uh child support actually uh on and I hate to give you this news out of your check until I don't I don't understand how it's that so 'cause I have my own kids.
So I don't understand that.
I understand, but they're gonna be garnishing your check, ma'am, uh until this until your husband can get this thing back on his feet and get it rectified and get him uh up to par as far of all the payments that are hurt that are not.
And when will this be taking place?
Because if that's the case, I'm not gonna be working.
So I don't understand how is that for so I don't I don't have anything to do with child support or anything like that.
And if that's the case, I'm not gonna be working as of right now.
The garnishing of the check is gonna come from you.
Now you are at the hospital, correct?
No.
That's not your it's not where you work?
I don't I'm not gonna be working as of right now.
That's what I just told you.
So y'all do whatever you got to do and I'll do whatever I have to do on my end, okay?
Well, hold on.
You're willing to quit your job?
I'm not understanding this.
You're sure why, because I I'm not gonna be taking care of someone else's kids and I have my own.
So how that's right.
So somebody else can take care of my eyes then.
Because I'm not gonna be doing it.
You're so right.
All right.
Well, I mean, I'm just you know, don't I don't want you to be upset with.
I don't want you to be upset with my
contact yeah.
Okay.
Now I'm gonna let I'm gonna let you know this.
It's a bit of information.
You're still gonna if if you're quitting your job, ma'am, you guys are still gonna be liable for the child support.
Okay.
Well, that's fine.
Not you guys, because it's not my children, sir.
Okay, it's not you guys.
He will be liable.
Okay.
Okay.
Because I don't I mean, can I step?
Can you hold one moment because I need to step outside.
If that's okay.
Or if there's a number, I can contact you back.
Okay.
Are you able to step outside right now?
Um, yes, but I'm gonna get on the elevator and then it's gonna kinda go to caller.
Okay, let's do this.
Why don't you step outside and I'll wait for you to call.
Give me about forty-five seconds, but I'm gonna give a call to my manager on this situation, okay?
Please do, sir.
Okay.
Thank you.
Hello.
Okay, Mr.
Yes, sir.
Hi, again from the district attorney's office.
Okay, you can hear me now.
Yes, I can.
Can you hear me?
Yes, ma'am, I sure can.
Now let's get to the bottom of everything.
I couldn't get my manager on the phone.
But um I'll keep trying.
I just want to know.
Um, I mean, that that's I'm just a mess uh messenger, lady.
No, I hate I know you are, and I hate to be so short with you, but I don't understand because we're not even getting enough income coming in as of right now.
And you're speaking of I have three children that I'm struggling to take care of on my own and try somebody from the district or something.
Somebody put you.
But um and you're speaking of that you're gonna be deducting money from gonna send my check for his child's support.
What's your certain something?
What's your name?
Who's is is there someone else I need to speak with?
No, we're on the phone I'm I have that's my sister taking care of some bitch.
What part of the district attorney?
County, ma'am.
Yeah.
She is on the line from the office of child support service.
She works with the office of child support service.
Okay, may I speak with your sister?
Let me speak with your sister, ma'am.
So what do you I mean, how is this gonna be done?
Because that's not gonna leave me to gas to be able to support my own kids.
Well I mean in my own home.
I I understand that.
You know, maybe this is a problem with having a d person hanging around.
It's not a d person because raises feet.
His kids all their life.
This is a jealous mother that decided after 18 years that she wanted to touch.
Okay,
so she said because that's his part order.
That's not a court order for me to take out.
What in the hell is going on with those people in the background?
Hello?
This nephew tell me.
It didn't hit the fan.
She went off.
No, I couldn't get her to go out, but her sister was there.
Don't say nothing to them, made her get off the phone.
So I need you to call on three ways.
They was calling somebody.
They probably calling downtown gonna get themselves in mo trouble.
Okay, hold on.
What's wrong?
I called you back.
No, you want.
You're gonna talk to her right now.
Who the fission?
I told you you're gonna pay this child support, not me.
Get it the best way you can.
You talking to me, call me.
I'm gonna pay this child for.
You pay a couple.
You're gonna make me you're gonna make me whip your behind this money.
You wanna you wanna talk to my lawyer, sir?
Yeah, I wanna where is your you don't have a lawyer.
You know dang well you don't have one.
Hold on, child.
Whoever, how have you got my knob behind him?
This I'm processed they have to have to take it.
We have to go to court first.
Who is this?
This nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvin morning show.
Yo just got pranked by baby.
I'm gonna f I'm gonna cut y'all.
I don't know about the radio because I'm gonna pay for this.
See, I didn't know y'all was calling a fool, this
Well, you just found out, didn't you?
I had to stop at the store on the way down to finish cushion.
Give me a black mouth, get outside and cut y'all out.
I gotta ask all y'all something.
What is the baddest radio show in the land?
Oh, my show.
Man, I'm doing super fantastic.
Any day above ground is a good day.