The task of hunting down deadbeat parents has given rise to several lawsuits and new legislation targeting private child support collectors. During the past five years, 13 states have passed laws that regulate these agencies. Critics of the private collectors' tactics claim they are engaging in predatory practices, and the industry is facing lawsuits both from deadbeat parents that agencies pursue and from clients who've hired the private collectors.
September 21, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The task of hunting down deadbeat parents has given rise to several lawsuits and new legislation targeting private child support collectors, whose tactics are being challenged in court and regulated by lawmakers.
During the past five years, 13 states have passed laws that regulate private child support collection agencies, largely because federal debt collection laws do not cover the agencies.
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