Sunday, August 30, 2015

WI - Initiative helps county collect almost $8,000

I wonder why these debtors are failing to make payments. Maybe they were bled dry by the system and as a Guardian ad litem rarely adds any value to the process figured - won't pay.

Green Bay Press Gazette

When people owe you $16.6 million, you can't realistically expect to recoup it all at once.

That's why Brown County Clerk of Courts John Vander Leest isn't too discouraged that his latest initiative to put a dent in that debt netted less than $8,000.

"We will continue to refine the process to get more accurate addresses and hold parties accountable," Vander Leest said.

Vander Leest's new initiative involves trying to haul debtors into court and get them onto a court-ordered payment schedule. The initiative is similar to one the county does once a week for nonpayment in criminal cases, but this effort is aimed at those debtors who were supposed to pay for a "guardian ad litem," a lawyer representing their children during their divorce proceedings or paternity cases.

Full Story: Green Bay Press Gazette

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