California keeps millions in child support while parents drown in debt
Advocates say California places low-income and minority parents in debt by garnishing child support payments and imposing high interest rates when they fall behind.
Credit: Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Stacy Estes in front of his home in Sacramento, Calif on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Author: Kate Cimini, CALmatters
Updated: 9:09 PM PDT May 3, 2021
CALIFORNIA, USA —
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Half of Stacy Estes’ pay disappears every month before it hits his bank account. Each check is about $500 lighter than it should be, intercepted in the name of child support — which he wouldn’t have a problem with, if it were going to his kids.