This is wonderful news,its about time deadbeat parents are held accountable....

iT IS A SHAME THAT BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT ARE ROUNDING UP INNOCENT INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD A LOST OF INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT... THESE ARE NOT DEADBEAT DADS BUT ARE LABELED THAT WAY TO JUSTIFIED THEIR ILLEGAL INCARCERATION... THEY ARE DENY DUE PROCESS WITH NO ABILITY TO PAY HEARING AND INCARCERATED FOR MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS AT NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD A CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEY HAVE NO WAY OUT OF THIS ENTRAPMENT....THEY CHARGE EVERY DEADBEAT 10 DOLLARS A DAY JUST TO LIVE IN BERGEN COUNTY JAIL AND LIKE I SAID FOR MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS FOR INDIVIDUAL THAT CANT AFFORD IT.... THIS IS A GREAT TRAGEDY FOR A COUNTRY THAT PRIDES ITSELF IN ITS FREEDOM...THIS IS A NAZIS STYLE TACTIC TO ROUND THEM ALL UP THROW INTO THE BOXCART AND SEND THEM TO TREBLICA...UNFORTUNATELY THEY DONT HAVE GAS CHAMBERS IN BERGEN COUNTY JAIL BUT I AM SURE THEY ARE WORKING ON IT...THIS NAZI STYLE TACTICS PREVENTS FATHERS FROM SEEING THIER CHILDREN AND DESTROYS FAMILY VIRTUES...HOW HAS A SOCIETY LIKE OURS BECOME SO BRUTAL IN TREATING INDIVIDUALS LIKE ANIMALS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE LABEL DEADBEAT DAD BECAUSE LOST OF EMPLOYMENT OR INCOME... BERGEN COUNTY JAIL IS A PROFIT CENTER WITH LITTLE RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.... THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN FAMILY COURT AND THERE WILL NEVER BE ONE... jUDGES ARE A HUGE PART OF THE PROBLEM.... I SAY LETS ALL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THIS VIOLATION OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS.... CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 1 PARAGRAPH 13

I see these people are not concerned about the children. Part of a parents responsibility is to provide for their children. Although many walk away without any concern about who provides for the child's needs then when they amass a huge arrearage in child support they complain about it. Get over it and pay up. I wish the other states would be just as diligent maybe I'd get a part of the 70,000 I am owed

THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR STATEMENT MRS, RESIDENT THE ONLY WAY YOU GOING TO GET PAID IS THROUGH FREEDOM FROM YOUR EX SPOUSE... INCARCERARTION IS NOT THE ANSWER.... THIS ALL ABOUT COMMON SENSE IF YOU DONT HAVE ANY, NOBODY WILL WIN.... YOU WILL LIVE YOUR LIFE THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM.... MY WHOLE POINT BE SMART ABOUT LIFE.... INCARCERATION IS NOT THE ANSWER UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET EVEN WITH YOUR EX.... BUT NOBODY WINS.... THE ONLY THAT WINS IS BERGEN COUNTY JAIL.... REMEMBER IT IS A PROFIT CENTER...MOST MEN LOVE THERE KIDS AND WANT TO BE PART OF THERE LIFE BUT THE COURTS MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDREN... THIS IS NOT THE SOVIET UNION WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE...STAND UP AND BE HEARD,,, THE HEAD OF BERGEN COUNTY CORRECTION FACILITY OF DEADBEAT DAD MAKES OVER 85K IN OVERTIME YOU DO THE MATH

@ Betty Brown, Jorge sounds like you are way too extreme and mental! The article made no mention of, loss of employment or Natzi's, "gastapo" innocence etc. Its about child support and a childs right to receive support. Too many parents walk away from their responsibility to financillay provide for their children ( that's why they are labled "deadbeat"). It impacts children as well as the tax payers. Its obvious that you know nothing about the courts. There is something called modification of income to handle the issue of loss of job. Why should one parent or the taxpayers foot the bill for your responsibility. Too many men go on and make more children and still make no attempts at supporting their kids. There has to be enforcement, the cycle must end ! I hope the US government continues to enforce the rights of children to be supported. As for your reference regarding europe and Natzi's you sound like you need theropy, get help quick, your delusional prozack or perhaps you need to pay for the many kids who are without support and who live in poverty,lack adequate clothes or shelter and quality of life. !!!!! ITS ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN and support, please don't insult the children of americia with your twisted views about The law and enforcement and remember, its a human right for children to be financially supported by parents !!!

KOOK's

Dear Mildred you sound like a bitter ex wife that would like to crucified your ex spouse get over it... it seems like you have issue... how does incarceration work in your benefit.. the state has all the available tool to collect spousal support like wage garnishment, levy and liens against bank accounts and assets... nobody walks away from child support in today technology age.you obviously dont know what you are talking about.... wake up and smell the coffee you are not livin in the 19th century

It isn't about children's rights or "kooks". It's about the money. Follow the money. There are a lot of fathers out there who've lost their jobs thanks to our government usurping the banking and mortgage businesses, and now the car businesses. Government, with its lapdog press, like to pick on groups of people to create animosity and divisiveness. It's "deadbeat government", folks. Judges are granting high orders and enforcing them stringently because the Federal government pays the states a federal reimbursement incentive funding (42 USC Section 658a) for amounts awarded, collected and enforced. This money goes into the state coffers, no strings attached (42 USC Section 658f). The first people paid out of state treasuries are judicial salaries and pensions and state employee salaries and pensions.

This unconstitutional conflict-of-interest has been outlawed by the US Supreme Court in Tumey v. Ohio, Ward v. Monroeville, Gibson v. Berryhill and other cases. The Supreme Court held judges who sit in judgment of cases they have a financial interest in have a conflict of interest. Anyone arrested on one of these orders is being arrested for not only a fraudulent order, but on a CIVIL matter. The U.S. Courts of Appeals (2nd highest courts in the land) as well as the US Supreme Ct. hold that one can't be arrested on a CIVIL matter because there is no 4th Amendment probable cause that a crime has been committed to issue an arrest warrant.

If the Sheriffs continue to arrest fathers for a CIVIL debt (regardless of the novel legal theory about "violating a court order" or "violating litigants rights" in order to usurp the 4th and 5th Amendments to the US Constitution) and place fathers in jail with highly contagious diseases like TB, HIV, AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, Hepatitis, etc., then they are unlawfully assaulting and attempting to murder fathers. Maybe fathers should start fighting back in an armed revolution against these thugs with badges and guns and do what the political dissidents did in the former USSR when the KGB used to come calling to arrest them and make the dissidents disappear--eliminate the KGB by extreme prejudice and attrition.

There might be a more simple answer than Gestapo and KGB theories. The Sheriff's Department was simply executing court orders.

People are not held accountable for their actions. This has become accepted in our society.

I am tired of paying for other people's bad decisions.

Bravo Sheriff's Department! Keep up the good work.

Its about the kids STUPID !

What ever happened to due process? We don't know any of the particulars of the men nabbed, but I would suspect they each had certified notices sent to them and were summoned to court. If they are being picked up on that, no issue. As for not paying a civil debt, the same tools the IRS has, the state has as well. IF the allegation is accurate, those who ordered the round up need to be held to account. Immediate unpaid suspension and a day in court, if found guilty, they should lose their job and potentially serve some jail time.

If you have no means of supporting a child, you should not of had one in the first place.The only LOSER in this one is the CHILD!!

Mildred is an entitlement momma. She believes she is "owed". Therefore, she levels personal ad hominem attacks on people who don't agree with her. This is a sure sign of ignorance and lack of education. People like Mildred who want to have a battle of wits shouldn't come to the fight half armed.

Mike Agosta says he's tired of paying for other people's bad decisions and says the sheriffs need to continue arresting those "bad deadbeat dads". I guess our government and banks should be the next on the arrest list for making bad decisions which caused many of these fathers being arrested to lose their jobs INVOLUNTARILY. Then we should go after the judges who are violating their constitutional oaths of office, committing felony Official Misconduct, which is impeachable, for denying these same fathers the relief they're asking for when they can't find work for up to 2 years. I know many of the fathers arrested. They are not "deadbeats". They fell on hard times because of the government-created recession. Just because they don't have the money to pay the full amount--some are paying over $1000 per week and have nothing left because they only made $1100-$1200 per week, when in the past, when the economy was booming they were making $3000-$4000 per week. Is that fair? I think not. We have to change the child support laws to allow for immediate modification of at least 1/3, if not more, when a father cannot find work after 6 months. There is no law on the books for this now, and judges are NOT reducing obligations because they're afraid of losing money in their state pensions.

The biggest issues facing this country are entitlement and accountability. There are jobs for everyone that wants to work, the days of money for nothing are gone......

@dadzrites, Point of fact, Mildred's kids are grown, she and their dad, her husband and both parents raised them together. Sorry, I'm not owed anything ! Mildred is a four year college grad and,clearly you make my point "stupid", based upon your comment about "fighes and armed". I don't need to dignify you with a response ! Look who is the "ignorant" one... SMDH @ KOOKS, KIDS RULE ! DEADBEAT PARENTS SUCK AND, CHILD SUPPORTED IS NOT A JOKE NOR IS HIGH TAXES !

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Round ups are designed to provide positive free press for the Sheriffs Dept. With the threat of shared services, and the resultant pinch to the Sheriff employees and their families, given the fact that the department is incredibly inefficient with respect to the duties performed per dollar earned, Saudino (God bless Amerika) has to create positive and favorable press releases any chance he gets. We always get our man after all (thank you Dudly Doo Rite) and this raid was once again "executed with great success". Let's ask the author Mr. Cohen if he is honest enough to admit that this is simply another smoke and mirrors free ad for the BCSD to take the heat off of what Ms. Donnovan is working so hard to achieve -- fiscal responsibility -- at a level where most are willing to turn a blind eye. Put the inmates incarcerated on civil charges like bogus and inflated alimony arrerages without due process and in violation of their constitutional rights in blue jump suits and let them police the criminals in the jail who they are forced to co mingle with. Now that would be fiscal responsibility and a real step toward privatization! Paid for by Donnovan for Sheriff :P.

@dadzrites, please seek help or take your meds, you have some unresolved issues. You were damaged while in jail and, you keep referring to the unfortunate Europan history. It won't be forgotten but, Natzi's and gestopo, gas chambers etc are not a basis for this article. We are not in europe and, this topic is clearly about kids and laws to enforce kids rights to being supported ! America has a ugly stain, its called slavery and, I don't want to deminish the gr8 works of the Police dept for enforcing the child support laws. Talk about rights, I'm still waiting for my 40 acre's and my damn mule ! Perhaps someday in the future we can compare our histories but not today, today its about the kid's stupid !

I've had indirect experience in the child support area. Court-mandated child support is needed as a last resort course of action. I agree with the policy, although there are some pitfalls. Calculating the amount payable is basically a percentage of the person's wage, or the wage of that person's reasonable expectation of what he can/should earn. This works fairly well in good economic times. The person may have had his support amount set by the court back when times were good, but since then, the person is making a lot less, and in many cases, nothing at all. It's all too easy for arrears to accumulate, and there's little to no sympathy from the court or the public. Sometimes, the person eventually regains a better wage, but the historical build-up of arrears makes it an insurmountable mountain to clear. Imprisonment is the Govt's course of last resort, but the reality is that it puts the person in the worst possible position, unable to work and stigmatized by prison making him even less likely to find work upon release. The debt, remember, is civil. Can you imagine people being imprisoned for being unable to pay credit card bills or mortgages? These are also civil debts. I know it's all about the kids. I also know that there are a lot of guys that purposely avoid paying child support. Just remember that we're talking about the Govt when it comes to managing this process, and a of of well-intentioned men get sucked into hopeless situations due to this lousy economy.

Mildred is right...it is about the kids stupid. The only children who benefit however are the children belonging to the Sheriff officers and their wives. Enforcement monies legally extorted through the probation department are funneled directly to the ex wives of these poor guys who are hauled in to make the headlines. Mildred would be outraged to know that or a variety of reasons, their own kids may not see this money at all.

I stand corrected. It is not only the kids belonging to the sheriffs and their wives. The family court judges who take 150K annual salaries after contributing heavily to governorial campaigns in return for bench appointments because they cannot make it as real attorneys....their kids benefit as well. What attorney works for 70.00 per hour and makes less money than a sergeant in the sheriffs department after all? So in the words of Millie, its still about the kids stupid.

Child support enforcement (along with alimony enforcement, domestic violence laws, and no-fault divorce) is a function of Russian Family Law, Article 81 (adopted from former Soviet Family Law). It was adopted in the USA in what is now known as the "Wisconsin Child Support Model" in 1976. Radical women's groups and the womens' bar associations adopted it in the US and forced it into the legislatures in order to create the current welfare-child support state we exist in now.

Soviet/Russian Family law allowed for the taking of 1/4 of a man's income for child support for one child, 1/3 for 2 children, 1/2 for 3 children, etc. Today's child support guidelines actually take more than that in NJ. However, men stopped working in the former Soviet Union when they were coming home with nothing because the law also allowed the government to take all of the man's wages if the woman claimed she had to stay at home and raise the children. The State declared her disabled and took all the guy's income. But, the Soviets saw the error in their ways with this draconian family law, but it was too late. Productivity stopped in the former USSR and the economy collapsed before they could stop the child support enforcement industry. Same thing is happening in the USA. Men will stop working if they feel they are being subjected to involuntary servitude and forced labor at the point of a gun.

Mildred for Sheriff!

We need to eliminate the Sheriff's Departments and County government because they are just another layer of wasted taxpayers' monies and are becoming a standing army in violation of the Third Amendment to the US Constitution. We have over 30 layers of law enforcement agencies in each and every state starting with the FBI, CIA, IRS, etc., all the way down to Code Enforcement Officials. That is a serious waste of taxpayers' monies and would constitute fraud and extortion by government against the people.

Dadzrites for President!

In response to all of clowns, that run your mouths about the children, shut up. This economy is bad, for us all. No judge has the power to make someone hire me because I owe child support. Locking people up over this, is ludacris, Whats next, locking us up for deliquent payments on say, medical bills, credit cards, student loans?

Most people had children when the economy was booming. What happened, isnt the parents fault, nor is it the childs fault. And if you think a man is the only human that can be labeled a deadbeat, you are dead wrong! That label sticks to a woman's chest, just as easily. So, the child becomes a victim twice, at the hands of the money grubbing mother and the go lock up mentality of our elected officials. All that money that is owed, cse believes it is entitled to a chunk of it

And failure to pay child support, isn't a criminal offense. Not giving a man or woman due process, is. Men that rape children, are giving due process. And fir all of you rooting for the government and its lackeys, wait until they do something, that violates your twisted sense if moral justice.

Betty Brown, Are you for real???? Your comment should be deleted. Are you a single mother raising kids alone while your ex-husband is not paying you the Big $125.00 per week he is supposed to? They should do another round up of dead beats more often. These men OWE big money and are running away from their responsibility. Shame on these men. The joke is on the Deadbeats because their children will know the truth about them when they are older and will never forget!!!! Bergen County do more round ups!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great Start!!!!

The solution to the problem is to take away custody of the children from the mother if she needs the welfare entitlement from dad, and cannot afford to raise them on her own. This way the problem is solved. Either give custody to the fathers, or the state takes over as the super-parent (parens patriae).

I'm sick and tired of listening to the entitlement whiners who think they're owed something and then use the excuse it's for the children. Most of the women who get support usually spend it on themselves because child support is non-taxable income. It's time we start going to our legislators and demand that they tax child support as well because it is nontaxable de facto alimony income for the wife.

If women don't like it, then there should be 50/50 custody across the board. This way no money exchanges hands. If women can't afford to have custody, then they should relinquish it.

Ted Apple is absolutely correct in everything that he wrote. Alimony plays a big part in the arrears. And He is right.. how can a man pay if he is incarcerated?? Oh, I know, it is supposed to teach them a lesson! You can't get blood out of a stone!!Also the state takes their driver's license.. what good does that do?? How can they work?? It is time for a complete overhaul of the system..

Not all of the deadbeats are dads, but they all have ample opportunities to deal with being in arrears, and chose not to do it. There are working parents who have the entire burden dumped on them of rearing the kids while the other one just is tasked with financial support and still is a scofflaw. Sorry, no sympathy here - I've worked in places where one man had support orders for three children by different mothers who complained bitterly about having his wages garnished because he refused to pay while girlfriend #4 paid the rent and owned the car in her name to cover his sorry butt. Pay the judgement or go to court to get it adjusted if you lose your job, like a responsible grown-up instead of running away in hopes you won't get caught. The people that have to be rounded up are the worst of the worst - save the sympathy for the kids that have only one parent that supports them and one that does not.

No Dawn, you're the stupid one. You go along with the fascist system we have in order to get something for nothing. Too easy to get divorced and glom on to the man's salary. I paid all of my support. My children were emancipated in 2003. My ex-wife alienated them from me, the court found her in contempt, but did nothing about reversing custody to the alienated parent. The Courts are a sham and a fraud.

You talk about going back to court and getting a reduction. Judges in NJ WILL NOT REDUCE the amount of support or alimony owed. They do this because it would reduce the amount of money the State gets from the Feds that goes directly to the judges' pensions. It's about the State "going for the gold", "getting the goose that laid the golden egg". Well ladies, the geese have stopped laying the golden egg, and it's time for all of you to take stock because if you keep pushing men away from their children and over the edge, there'll be no one to pay your support and you'll be out in the street living in boxes and eating out of dumpsters like many fathers do now because they can't get their support reduced due to the corrupt judiciary.

I have anger issues?????? You're the one making personal attacks on me and all other dads!!!!! My anger issues are against the fraud known as the State and the Judges. They are the targets of the problems. Fix the problem, not the symptom.

And, yes, I believe that women should not have custody if they cannot raise them and support them on their own. Before the 1950s men almost always got custody of children. Did you ever hear them complain about not getting child support????? No, you dolt. Because they were able to support themselves and their children, without the wife's help.

We need to go back to the earlier time and eliminate the fraudulent Marxist-feminist system we have now, because it's destroying our children, our families and our society. Marxist-feminism is the biggest mass murderers in the history of the World--with over 50 Million children dead.

@ Dadzrites, You prove my point and, I will not dignify you with an answer to your comments about slavery ! We need not debate that issue or compare a us history with a europ history your ignorent comments tell me a lot about who and what you are. You would be the first to call me anti-semitic.You are of the type that uses that and hide behind that word. Race or religion has nothing to do with child support. It's obvious that you are a idiot and, you need help! Your angry at your kids, your exwife, hell, the entire country. I get it, I get it you like men hate women and kids. Its ok honey. Its ok !!! Please call your Dr tomorrow so he can help you manage your anger problem. It has driven you insane. I understand your irrational, uneducated, stupid comments,you have deep dark issues that your holding on to! BTW, the men/women are put into jail due to violating( contempt) a court order so, stop ranting and take your meds. CRAZY