Smith County Child Support Roundups Result in 24 Arrests

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that 17 parents were arrested in Smith County, accused of violating court orders requiring them to pay child support. This roundup was completed by Smith County in conjunction with the Texas Attorney General’s Child Support Division (CSD). A total of 24 parents have been arrested since roundups were initiated earlier this month. The parents face up to six months in jail. Paxton says cash bonds that parents pay to get out of jail go to the custodial parents and children who are owed back child support. He says parents who have fallen behind on their child support payments but are not yet subject to warrants for their arrest should immediately contact the Attorney General’s Child Support Division at (800) 252-8014 to make payment arrangements.