Moore said District Judge Mike Norman immediately issued bench warrants for those who failed to appear at the Sequoyah County child support docket on Dec. 16. The 10 non-custodial parents for whom warrants were issued are:
•Arthur Hayes, $36,573.54, cash only bond;
•Pattina Hardage, $10,329.87, cash only bond;
•Gary Hale, $2,400, cash only bond;
•Efran Gutierrez, $14,849.74, cash only bond;
•Amanda Frost, $12,424.67, cash only bond;
•Donald Edwards, $6,838.11, cash only bond;
•Misty Dishon, $3,825.50, cash only bond;
•Douglas Jahn, $1,490.54, cash only bond;
•Marc Stone, $27,676.71, cash only bond;
•Robert Shepard, $32,906.86, cash only bond.
The district attorney’s child support office asks that anyone with information about where these or other wanted persons can be located should call any local law enforcement officer for immediate arrest.
Other parents, whose cases are worked by Moore’s Sallisaw child support office, have paid a total of $194,809.36 so far for the month of December.
Moore said that, “The mission of the Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) is to enhance the well-being of children by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing reliable sources of support for families entitled to child support.”
The Oklahoma legislature and the U.S. Congress has enacted laws to allow Child Support Services to collect child support owed from non-custodial parents who receive payments from Social Security, Worker’s Compensation, and personal injury settlements as well as regular employment paychecks.
The district attorney provides face-to-face visits with child support workers in Stilwell on the first Wednesday of every month at the Department of Human Services between 1 and 3 p.m. In Sallisaw, the child support office is open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and is located at 1611 S. Kerr Blvd. next door to the Sequoyah County Department of Human Services offices.
Anyone owing child support or needing information is encouraged to call 1-800-522-2922 or contact the local office in Sallisaw. Child support payments should be mailed to: OCSE, P.O. BOX 268849 Oklahoma City, Okla. 73126-8849. John Sawney is the managing attorney for the Office of Child Support Services in Sallisaw.
