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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Imagine being told you owe $50,000 in child support for children that aren't yours.
That's what's happening to a Arrestor man.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services has thousands of names of parents that owe child support. One of those names is Dennis Joe Brannon.
No one knows where he lives, but the state does know where Dennis K. Brannon lives.
They apparently want him pay for the other guy's children.
"I've been married happily over 21 years and it's just not possible that I've got kids in another county," said Dennis K. Brannon of Murfreesboro.
Brannon has letters from the state demanding he pay child support.
"It's in the sum of $50,000," he said as he looked at the latest letter.
The letter came from the Attorney General's office in Huntsville, Tenn., which is northeast of Knoxville.
The state is looking for Dennis Joe Brannon, but Dennis K. Brannon is receiving the threatening letters.
Initially, Brannon and his wife thought the mix-up was funny.
"We kind of made a running joke about this, but then it gets aggravating after awhile," he said. "After two or three years, it's time to get it straightened out."
He claims he's called several times.
"Well I'm sure if he's been in contact with our office, we would do whatever we needed to do to rectify the situation and make sure we have the right person," said Lori Jones, Assistant District Attorney of Child Support Division.
That isn't the case, Brannon said.
"They told me I'd have to come up there and do a DNA test and prove I'm not the father of these children," he said.
Why doesn't he just give the state his Social Security number and clear up the entire matter?
"I did give them the last 4 digits of my Social Security number and they asked several times for my whole Social Security number," he said. "But for obvious reasons, I'm not going to give it. It'd be easy for them to change those numbers and say there, we got him."
To make matters worse, he has three children ages 21, 17 and 14 and the Dennis Brannon sought by the state for child support has two children ages 16 and 14.
Several similarities have made for a child support mix-up a Murfreesboro family now wants resolved.
A DHS spokesperson said the state is investigating and if a problem has been made, it will be resolved.
The state is also concerned that the two children involved in this case apparently are not receiving the support they're owed. DHS said the children's welfare is their No. 1 concern.
NewsChannel 5.com Nashville, Tennessee - Man Involved In ID Mix-Up Over Child Support
my momma look :)
this was in my local paper, out of the 1200 who were adopted, how many do you think were legal?
Please respond to this, contact the editor at the link I provided. Let them know I am not the only person concerned with this, they will do a story if people get off their butts and let them know there is a problem.
Some recent events in the news that pleased us …
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/dec/22/adoptions-growing-grinch-cuts-trees/
WHAT A CELEBRATION: More than 1,200 children in the state have been moved to permanent homes this year, and 122 were in Knox County, according to the state Department of Children's Services. Ten years ago, only 195 children in state custody were adopted. "Every child deserves to grow up in a family that loves them unconditionally," said Dr. Viola Miller, commissioner of DCS, in a statement. Permanent placements have been a top priority for her.
here is the Editors email addy, jump on this and lets get them to do a story on CPS, we keep missing oppurtunities, it doesnt matter if you dont live here either. Let them know there is a problem, its not so rosy.
Posted: December 26, 2003
Tennessee Governor, Phil Bredesen attempted to deflect blame when he recently requested the resignation of Dept. of Children's Services Commissioner, Michael J. Miller, after contempt of court charges were levied against the state.
The fact that the state was out of compliance with a federal court order was brought to the governor's attention in early January, immediately after he took office, but the Governor refused to act and instead, turned over complaints to the commissioner's office, which also ignored the formal complaints.
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However, in a Tennessean article, which ran on November 24, 2003 entitled "DCS problems took Bredesen by surprise," the governor went on the record stating his office wasn't notified about the problem until October of this year.
A petition to U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell states the evidence of contempt is "clear and convincing," citing a recent federal monitor's report showing that the department so far has complied with only 24 of 136 settlement provisions.
Documentation submitted to the governor, the former commissioner, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children and Families, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation by a family who's children were illegally removed by caseworkers proves that not only was the governor made aware of the fact that the state was in contempt of court, but this fact was covered up and ignored. This was after court records proved that caseworkers in Davidson County conspired to commit aggravated kidnapping.
DCS and juvenile court documents demonstrate that there has been a concerted and malicious effort on the part of high-ranking officials in Tennessee to cover up their illegal activities and to prevent the custodial parent from retrieving her children.
According to the children's mother, the state has known for over a year that multiple state and federal felonies have been committed in her case, and that officials at several levels have gone to extreme lengths to cover this up. Further, they have refused to press charges of any kind against the alleged perpetrators, despite mounting evidence.
"The state is well aware of what they did wrong, and have refused to acknowledge responsibility or try to correct their mistakes. They are holding my children hostage, because they know once I get them returned to my care, and they are safely out of the clutches of the kidnappers, they're facing another federal lawsuit. The state cannot afford justice in this case, and my children are the victims of their arrogance. None of this has been perpetrated by some faceless autonomy, but by elected judges, court-appointed attorneys, caseworkers and the lies go as high up as Governor Bredesen himself," said the children's mother, in a telephone interview from her home in Iowa.
The mother has asked that her identity remain confidential, because she fears for the safety of her children and expects retaliation.
Contact: Annette M. Hall
Family Advocate
Four-Fourteen Parent's Rights Organization
Phone: (248) 465-1598
FAX: (517) 207-6543
Toll Free: 1-800-639-4295
E-mail: Annette M. Hall
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If you have had your children removed from your home due to false allegations or if you've been similarly treated unfairly by the courts where your children are concerned we need to hear from you. We want to tell the world the truth about how families are being torn apart in this country.
I'd like to share my story!
