STATE OF ALABAMA
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT DIVISION

IMPORTANT NOTICE

NOTICE OF INTENT TO PUBLISH YOUR PICTURE IN STATEWIDE NEWSPAPERS AND ON THE  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WEBSITE

TEN MOST WANTED PROGRAM

Court Order No(s). __________ Custodial Party’s Name __________
(if applicable)    __________ Custodial Party’s Name __________
__________ Custodial Party’s Name __________

Pursuant to Act 2000-322, which became state law on October 1, 2000, the Department of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Division, has established a program for the publishing in newspapers with general circulation throughout the state and posting on the DHR website the names of ten obligors in any county who are delinquent in their child support payments. Your name has been referred as a possible candidate for this publication. This means the Department may publish your photograph in newspapers throughout the State of Alabama and on the Department of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Division website as a result of failure to pay court ordered child support. Our records indicate you are not in compliance with your court ordered child support obligation(s). Further, the records of the Department of Human Resources indicate that you owe $_____ representing past due child support which includes interest as of _____.

You must contact the _____ County Department of Human Resources to show cause as to why you should not be included in this publication. In addition, if you do all of the following within ninety (90) days of receipt of this notice you may avoid having your photograph published: 

1. 1. Make a child support payment to the County Department of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Unit, that is at least equal to the amount of support you are required to pay each month under the support order or twenty five percent (25%) of child support arrears, whichever amount is greater;
2. 2. Provide the County Department of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Unit with your current address;
3. 3. Provide the County Department of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Unit with verification of your place of employment, current wages, salary, and other compensation; and

4. 4. Provide the County Department of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Unit with proof that you have arranged for your wages to be withheld to pay your court ordered child support.

   Should you fail to respond to this notice and comply with the above listed terms, your name will be submitted as a candidate for the Ten Most Wanted program. If your photograph is published, you will be charged the cost of publication. The cost of publishing your photo in statewide newspapers will be collected only after your child support debt has been satisfied.

   If you are currently paying your debts under a bankruptcy plan or if you are complying with court ordered terms for repayment of arrearages, please contact the County Department of Human Resources, Child Support Unit to insure that your case is updated with this information as this notice should not apply in your case.

   STATE OF ALABAMA
   DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
   CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
   COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

   Dear:

   RE: Ten Most Wanted program

   The Department of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Division is authorized by law (Act 2000-322) to publish a list of “Ten Most Wanted” obligors who are delinquent in their child support payments. This list will be published in statewide newspapers a minimum of twice per year and also published on the Department of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Division website. The obligor (noncustodial parent) in your child support case appears to meet all of the criteria as a candidate and we would like your permission to publish his/her photograph in statewide newspapers and on our website. This effort is being made with the hope of locating obligors who are difficult to find and have refused to support his/her child(ren) as ordered by the courts.

   Please complete the enclosed “Consent/Release Form” if you would like the Department to proceed. Please provide a photograph of the obligor and attach it to the form. If the obligor is in the photo with others, draw a circle around him/her to insure the correct individual is used in the publication. We regret that we are not able to return photographs submitted.

   If you need additional information or assistance in completing the form, please contact our office by telephone at or call for an appointment to come in. Please return the form and photo to our office at the above address by mail or you may personally deliver it so that it is received by the Department on or before . Thank you in advance for your support in assisting us in doing our best to insure that your child(ren) and all other children in Alabama receive the financial support they deserve and need.

   Sincerely,

   Child Support Worker
   County