Best way to search for someone - I have the SSN

[dequeendistress]

I know I should not revive an old post by asking a question about the "ORIGINAL" post...but. and I may have missed it as I fell asleep while reading...ANYWAY

Did this woman not work? Each state maintains data bases for all employees, ALL employers are required to report all new hires to the state's agency in order to resolve these types of problems associated with "dead beat" parents, in turn each states OCSE office should be accessing these State wage databases. PLUS what the hell ever happened to garnishment of wage assignments...I guess people never learn--do EVERYTHING available-within the limits of the law to receive your payments...

I agree it is not the courts obligation to "search" for these persons, but it is the obligation of each parent to attempt to do something about a situation in due time not OVERdue time...

 

[bambi66]

GA.SMof2 - We don't know her full name as it is today. All we have is first and middle name and the SSN (of course we have the maiden name and DH last name). We did a search to find out if the SSN is active and it is.

n_and - It's OK to be nosy, LOL. We haven't done a search yet due to not knowing if one of the many SSN searches may rip us off.

dequeen - This woman did NOT work while living in Indiana when married to my DH. He has never known where she lived after she dissappeared in July of 1989. He heard she was in FL at some point but could not locate her (he did try). Her parents died when she was a teen. She has 2 brothers but the 3 kids were separated after the death of the parents.

The judge imposed some pretty specific instructions for her to follow to even have visitation with her son (I have not seen any decree be so specific in this regard). She had no interest in being a parent, she thought having a baby would be fun and all of their friends were doing it... How sad for the boy.

Again, thank you for the info so far. I am still open to any suggestions.

 

[JMere2002]

Listen to dequeendistress, and check out how this works in your state - or any state she (the one you are trying to find) might be in now.

A few years ago, it became apparent that using regular payroll records was not sufficient to find dead beat parents. The main problem was/is that employers only have to file every three months for SUTA, FUTA (sometimes that's only yearly), and 941. Many dead beats have a habit of being long gone from jobs before these returns are filed. This makes it impossible to garnish wages. "New Hire" programs, at least in my state, require that an employer document a new employee in the state's database within 30 days of employment, instead of the 3 month period of SUTA, etc.

The good thing about this is that it can help find dead beat parents and force them to pay child support before they run off again. The down side is that the "New Hire" database is not enforced all that well. Employers are supposed to record new hires, but they do not always do so. They threaten businesses with a penalty if they don't file, but there is no system in place to force that penalty on businesses that don't. The bottom line is that the database is only marginally useful.

IF the individual you are looking for was in a new hire database, though, you could find her with a SS# alone.

JM

 

[JMere2002]

And, of course, it might be too late for your case - most likely is.
JM