Half of Stacy Estes’ pay disappears every month before it hits his bank account. Each check is about $500 lighter than it should be, intercepted in the name of child support which he wouldn’t have a problem with, if it were going to his kids.
Instead, only $225 goes to his children. The rest is garnished to repay government debt he began accruing more than two decades ago when he first got behind on child support payments.
The 53-year-old man owes about $47,000 in child support debt, most of which is compounded by years of government-imposed interest, according to financial records reviewed by The Salinas Californian and CalMatters.
April 30, 2021
Stacy Estes in front of his home in Sacramento, Calif on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Half of Stacy Estes’ pay disappears every month before it hits his bank account. Each check is about $500 lighter than it should be, intercepted in the name of child support which he wouldn’t have a problem with, if it were going to his kids.
Instead, only $225 goes to his children. The rest is garnished to repay government debt he began accruing more than two decades ago when he first got behind on child support payments.
The 53-year-old Estes owes about $47,000 in child support debt, most of which is compounded by years of government-imposed interest, according to financial records reviewed by The Salinas Californian and CalMatters.
Lake County Superior Court reports updates to operations
Lake County News reports
22 April 2021
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – With Lake County’s pandemic data metrics continuing to improve, the Lake County Superior Court said this week that it is planning to roll out some operational changes.
Court Executive Officer Krista LeVier said there will be no major changes immediately, but that the court is starting to take steps to allow more court business to be conducted in-person.
Some of the changes planned include moving some trials back to the courthouse from the Lake County Fairgrounds and vacating civil jury trials in May.
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It will integrate whole-person care in outpatient services by integrating the eight dimensions of wellness in departmental programming practices and developing outreach materials targeted to unserved and underserved groups, according to Chris Ribeiro, deputy director of the department.
The Public Health Department has had “all hands on deck” every single day as it responds to and guides the community through the novel pandemic, Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso said. The pandemic has offered the department the center stage to demonstrate its capacity to protect the health of the community, especially the vulnerable community members, Do-Reynoso said.
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The District Attorney’s Office also will continue to partner with the Second District Office to implement a Neighborhood Court pilot program in Goleta to serve as a restorative justice-based pre-filing diversion program for misdemeanor offenses and infractions.
The department’s preliminary budget is about $30.5 million, with about half of that funding coming from the general fund contributions.
The District Attorney’s Office requested a little more than $1 million in expansion requests for the upcoming budget year, including funding for an eSCARS electronic suspected child abuse report system a coordinator, two discovery clerks to manage data, 1.5 full-time employee positions for the post-conviction litigation unit, a data analyst and a digital storage system upgrade.