11-04-2015, 12:54 PM
A privbate debt collector would be more motivated to collect the debt because they would have a profit motive. But I don't know how much more effective they would be or even how much they would cost.
Every state has a government office that provides assistance to parents who need to collect child support. Many years ago I worked for a private company (Maximus) that did this through a contract with the State. The theory was that a private collection firm would be more effective because they have a profit motive, but it turned out to not be that much more effective because a lot of the uncollected chiuld support was owed by people who just could not pay it.
Also remember that the government has a lot more tools that private collectors do not. For example the State could take away a persons drivers license if he was too delinquent in child support payments. sometimes that brought in more money, but sometimes it just made things worse because a person has even a harder time getting a job if he doesn't have a drivers license.
Every state has a government office that provides assistance to parents who need to collect child support. Many years ago I worked for a private company (Maximus) that did this through a contract with the State. The theory was that a private collection firm would be more effective because they have a profit motive, but it turned out to not be that much more effective because a lot of the uncollected chiuld support was owed by people who just could not pay it.
Also remember that the government has a lot more tools that private collectors do not. For example the State could take away a persons drivers license if he was too delinquent in child support payments. sometimes that brought in more money, but sometimes it just made things worse because a person has even a harder time getting a job if he doesn't have a drivers license.
