The Child Support Recovery Act of 1992
The Child Support Recovery Act of 1992 makes it a Federal crime to willfully fail to pay a past-due child support obligation for a child living in another State. The past-due child support obligation must be either greater than $5,000 or must have remained unpaid for more than one year. Failure to pay support for a child living in another State is considered a Class "B" misdemeanor punishable by up to six months imprisonment. Second and subsequent violations is a Class "E" felony punishable by two years imprisonment.
Recent News
June - Case accepted for federal prosecution through Project Save Our Children!
April - R.I. has submitted case to be prosecuted
federally!!!! It's about time!
Mar 5 - Heard from a journalist associated with the Providence Journal who wishes to
feature this case for a story.
March 1- Stephen Swallow's deadbeat profile will gain national exposure when Jennifer Young,
CEO of Most Wanted Deadbeats, appears on the Dr. Phil show. Check here for show times.
Feb 5 - Head from Sherry Haskins
- creator and associate producer of new tv show "
Most Wanted Deadbeat Parents" about possibility of featuring this case on series
Feb
2- stephenswallow.com is mentioned in a tweet by Jennifer Young - founder of mostwanteddeatbeats.com
Feb 1 - Over 1000 hits
to the website recorded out of Michigan for the week ending 1/31
Jan 15 - Steve's last know address was in the Traverse
City area of Michigan
$180,000 Owed as of 5/31/2010
Stephen J. Swallow is currently one of Rhode Island's biggest deadbeat dads owing a whopping $180,000 in child support for the
4 children he abandoned in 1999.
This website is dedicated to finding this deadbeat and bringing him to justice.
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