Monday, August 3, 2009
Update August 3, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Update July 11, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Update
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Petition Update
Re: New Hampshire AG Office
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Petition Update
Friday, June 12, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
New Hampshire AG/DOJ
Ok here is my bombshell...I received a letter today from the New Hampshire AG/Dept of Justice saying that their office had been told that my complaints against RJBA had been resolved. BY WHO or WHOM? She went on further to say that if this was not true to contact her directly.... I am so on the phone tomorrow. I have no idea what is going on but I am going to find out.
Will keep yall posted.....
Dallas County or Bust
Monday, June 8, 2009
I took a hit today.....
I had a set back with the Dallas County support office as they had confirmed that my case was open pending the receipt of the revocation of authorization and I had asked them May 20, 2009 to stop and all payments being sent to SK or RJBA. I had been told by a supervisor not to worry that May's payment was gone but they had not received the June payment. Well after emailing Dallas County again last night to check on the receipt of the signed authorization a response came today stating they had not received it and that my ex husband had sent in a payment on June 3rd. So, I have had a good cry and started working again. Dallas County did not follow through on their word to me. So, my June support is gone and I am sure when I receive it if I do it will be minus the 34% even after promising me that this would not happen. Well, it did.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Link to Petition Forum
We are making progress. Please keep the faith and keep posting your information and we will make a difference.
Teri
Support Kids Petition | Children's Rights Forum | GoPetiton Forums
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Petition Update June 3, 2009
Teri
Investigate alleged Support Kids fraud Petition
RJBA Example of Check Detail May 2009
Hope you find this helpful.......
Teri


Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Support Kids Capital from Investors
Raising supportFinding the right investors made growth possible for firm Austin Business Journal - March 31, 2006 by Kathy Lesko Contributing Writer As the nation's largest private child-support enforcement company working directly with non-welfare custodial parents, Austin's Supportkids Inc. has embraced the vision to be part of the answer to the national problem of unpaid child support. Today, there are 7 million cases in the United States in which no child support has been collected at all, and there is more than $100 billion in outstanding support. Frustrated by their failure to obtain help from government agencies, thousands of parents have turned to the private sector for assistance in collecting unpaid child support. Bryon Sehlke, Supportkids' president and CEO, appreciates the measures his employees take on behalf of their clients, and understands the frustrations that send people to his company's doors. "Most of our clients are already dissatisfied with the system when they come to us," Sehlke says. "Many of them are seeking more than $40,000 in past-due child support." He cites these conditions as the driving force behind the company's increased communication with its clients. "We've instituted a live client telephone line to provide additional support," Sehlke says. Even Supportkids' "self-serve" portion of its Web site has become more user-friendly, enabling clients to log on to find out the current status of their cases. Supportkids has also redesigned its user contracts, with approval by the Texas Department of Banking, to make them easier to comprehend. While improved customer satisfaction reduces the instances where clients want to close their cases with Supportkids, the organization's biggest critics cite the fact that private-sector organizations are attaching fees to a service that parents should be entitled to receive for free. Supportkids cases are handled on a contingency basis; the company does not receive payment until child support is collected for the family. "We agree that it would be great if parents didn't have to pay for this service, but the fact of the matter is that someone has to pay for it. Support on the state and federal level is done by the taxpayers, and unfortunately, the funds are not there to support these efforts," Sehlke says. He points to the 93 percent of unpaid child support that goes uncollected annually in the United States as evidence that more options are necessary. Securing unpaid child support is a very labor-intensive process. Supportkids relies on specially trained investigators and enforcement specialists to maximize its results. With 8,000 to 10,000 applications sent every month, concise business metrics track Supportkids' progress on each case. "The business process basically begins when the case comes through the door," Sehlke says. "We have developed a culture and process of setting monthly expectations for every step and every person who handles a case. By doing this, I believe we will achieve our targets at the highest level." Supportkids' collection of more than $270 million since its founding 15 years ago speak to this philosophy. Finding the right financing structure and investors who understand and support Supportkids' business model has proven to be a challenge. In 2000, a $20 million investment from Austin Ventures and other investors accelerated Supportkids' growth, putting the company on PricewaterhouseCoopers' list of the 50 fastest-growing private companies in 2000. Sehlke stresses that Supportkids' ability to essentially double its revenues since 2000 has been an ongoing effort. "Matt Landry, Supportkids' former president and CEO, recognized the need, early on, for financial vehicles and investors that would allow us to effectively do our jobs," Sehlke says."Along with strong equity partners, he was able to create relationships that fueled Supportkids' growth, both on the debt and equity side." The group recently received another $2.7 million funding from investors, including Austin Ventures. The company has raised a total of $40 million in private investment since 1997. Developing relationships with government officials and agencies was also important in this industry, Sehlke says. "Landry also recognized and appreciated the fact that the state of Texas is a great state in which to do business. He saw that Texas recognized the need for private child support agencies, and worked diligently with the state to maintain their support of our efforts." On average, it take nine months from the time Supportkids opens a claim until the first payment is received and Supportkids begins to get paid. Sehlke notes that a considerable amount of executive resources are expended on financing, and financing is the key to supporting growth given a very long business cycle. "Supportkids has done a tremendous job," says Darryll Grubbs, an attorney who provides consulting support to the organization. "The work they are doing is something that requires significant capital, and they've been successful in obtaining it." "We've been fortunate to have some great financial partners who support our mission, and our business has matured to the point where we have been able to acquire the debt structure that supports our business model," he says. Supportkids Inc. What it does: Provides child-support enforcement services for custodial parents | About Supportkids
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More horror stories from Support Kids Clients
CHILD SUPPORT BOUNTY HUNTERS Families hurting as for-profits go after deadbeats
Casey Hoffman, good guy or greedy guy?
Published on: 2/12/2004 Last Visited: 9/22/2004
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When Mr. Huffman was previously the director of Texas Attorney General's Child Support Enforcement Division the collection rate was only 10%.
Published on: 6/12/2002 Last Visited: 6/12/2002
The lawsuit against Supportkids, filed Tuesday in state court in Manitowoc, Wis., comes as the private companies push for greater access to confidential financial data to help them track down parents who don't pay.Advocates, meanwhile, are pushing for greater consumer protections in this fast-growing field.
Clients like Zipperer typically sign contracts directing all child support payments to the company, which passes the money along after taking a cut 29 percent, on average, according to government auditors.
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Hoffman responded that the contract clearly states that the fee will be applied to both back-owed child support and current payments.He said clients are given an option to exclude from the commission any support being paid when they sign up an option Zipperer said she was never given.
Hoffman said he does not know how many clients have tried to leave the program but defended his company's policy of not letting people quit.Otherwise, he said, the company would spend time and money to find a parent and people could quit once payments began.
He said his contracts are straightforward and easy to understand.
"We've benefited children to the amount of $66 million since we've been in business," he said.
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
Texas Finance Code for Private Child Support
(5) "Unconscionable action or course of action" means an act or practice which, to a consumer's detriment, takes advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability, experience, or capacity of the consumer to a grossly unfair degree
CHAPTER 396. PRIVATE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES - Texas Finance Code - Texas Code :: Justia
Friday, May 29, 2009
Revocation of Authorization Dallas County Form
Teri
From the Austin Statesman Newspaper
Here is the link to the first article published from the Austin Statesman Newspaper on Support Kids. Please read it and then post your own opinion to let them know that there are many of us that are banding together to fight against fraudulent practices when collecting child support.
Teri
Supportkids transfers 20,000 of child-support collection cases after loan default
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Support Kids- Parents Unite Update May 28, 2009
Hopefully a Texas based law firm will see our cases and will gather a class action suit.
Please continue to pass the word and pray for all of the children and their parents that Support Kids has affected.
I am calling the Texas Department of Banking tomorrow myself. This is not going to go away for Support Kids or for RJBA. What has gone on and what is going on has to stop.
Thanks,
Teri
Investigate alleged Support Kids fraud Petition
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Petition Update May 27, 2009
I just wanted to update you on the great news that we are now 59 signatures strong. I want to thank you all for your continued support and passing on the word to others that have been defrauded by Support Kids. I have put out feelers to the media and am extremely hopeful that it will not be long before our fight goes public and an investigation gets underway.
As always I appreciate anyone that has input or suggestions along with any facts pertaining to their specific case against Support Kids.
Updates to follow.
Teri
Investigate alleged Support Kids fraud - Petition signatures - GoPetition
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Petition Link
We are now 21 signatures strong and growing. I want to thank all of you for your support and for your stories. I pray that we will continue growing strong and will have enough signatures to move to the next step. I continue to dig for facts and will post them as I find them. Any help or suggestions from you all will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Teri
Investigate alleged Support Kids fraud Petition
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Virgina Governor Files Suit Against Support Kids
In Virginia, Governor Kaine Announces Suit Against Supportkids, Inc
Commonwealth sues Texas-based private child support collection agency
RICHMOND – Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine and Attorney General Bob McDonnell today announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia has sued Supportkids, Inc., a private child-support-collection company based in Texas. In filing this suit, Virginia seeks to prevent Supportkids from interfering with the orderly enforcement of child support obligations in Virginia.
“Any actions that impede the Commonwealth’s efforts to lawfully and fairly collect child support must be addressed,” Governor Kaine said.
Under Virginia law, child support payments must be routed through the Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE). This process ensures that both parents are given credit for supporting their children.
The Commonwealth believes that Supportkids interferes with the orderly enforcement of support obligations and tracking of support payments in the following ways:
Supportkids, Inc. sends wage-withholding notices to employers of noncustodial parents. In these documents, the company refers to itself as “Child Support Enforcement,” a name easily confused with Virginia’s “Division of Child Support Enforcement.”
Supportkids, Inc. also directs, unlawfully, the employer to send payments directly to the company’s office in Texas, rather than to Virginia’s DCSE.
It then charges the custodial parent a 34% fee before forwarding the remainder of the payment to the custodial parent, regardless of whether it has undertaken any work on behalf of the parent to collect such payments.
Attorney General McDonnell observed that SupportKids’ practice has disrupted DCSE’s coordinated system for enforcing child support; there are noncustodial parents who are not being credited for the support they pay to their children. Some noncustodial parents are improperly having wages withheld by two withholding orders — one obtained through the DCSE and one through Supportkids, Inc. “Most importantly, custodial children are not receiving the full support payments to which they are entitled under Virginia law,” McDonnell said.
The Commonwealth does not oppose the use of private child-support collection agencies; however, when those companies threaten the interests of Virginia's children and disrupt the Commonwealth’s system for enforcing support obligations, it will take action to protect its citizens.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Petition Update May 18, 2009
We now are 9 voices strong on our petition and I am hoping that the number continues to grow. I want to be able to show the Texas Attorney General the many parents that have been wronged by Support Kids. For now, I have been advised by my attorney to write the child support office of the state that court ordered support and advise them of a change of address to send the child support payments to. Many of us have ordered support that goes through the state system that Support Kids took 34% of for their own cut which was unjustified.
Hopefully our state child support offices will adjust our addresses accordingly now that Support Kids is no longer operating. My letter is being mailed in the morning and I will update you on the progress as I receive the news.
In the meantime, please continue to spread the word and the link of the petition and my blog so that together we can make a difference.
This includes the fathers and/or mothers that have paid their fair share of child support and were continually harassed by Support Kids to obtain more money for their unjustified fees.
Thank you all for you stories and for your signatures.
Teri
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Parents Against Support Kids Fraud
Parents Against Support Kids Fraud
I pray for your support and hope that this will lead us to a class action suit that makes Support Kids accountable for their actions.
Thank you and God Bless
Teri
Support Kids- Parents Unite to Fight Back
I have been a victim of Support Kids for over 4 years personally and have tried numerous times to get out of their "contract" . Having had 34% of each support check go to these people and the constant slamming from their representatives has taken its toll on me financially and mentally. But now I want to fight back and I am hoping to gain through numbers the ability to be able to bring about a class action lawsuit against these leeches. I have a story and it is a long story that I will be unfolding but I need to hear your stories and your complaints. When Support Kids closed their doors it seems that all of our cases have been forwarded to another questionable recovery group with the information as follows:
Richard J Boudreau and Associates
5 Industrial Way
Salem, NH 03079
Phone: 1-866-997-2449
Email: childsupport@rjba.com
Now after researching online and the BBB of Salem, NH of which this group is NOT a member there are many unresolved issues as these people seem to be none other than a debt collector. I personally did not know that you could sell child support recovery to a debt collector but I am new to this and am trying to find out information as I write this. As I know that we all live in different states and the battle is a large one I believe it is a worthy fight to make. Since, Support Kids resides in Austin, TX I would think that the Texas Attorney General would be the one to come down on these people. But I will find that out and will update you with any more information.
I will also be starting a petition and will supply the link to that petition when I have it written. We as parents are empowered to protect our children and fight against such an organization as Support Kids that claimed to want to help us but took from our children and exhausted us mentally and physically as well.
I thank you for your time and hope that together we can make this happen.