My name is Michael Reiff. I'm currently in Kosciusko County Jail again, serving a portion of my 2005 conviction for non-support. I've been convicted of D felony and C felony cases in this county ongoing since 2001.
I have involuntarily lost three jobs since 2005 to serve jail time. My most recent employment lasted 14 months (July 2007 - September 2008) in which I just finished five months at work release on a violation charge. I petitioned to modify the remaining five years from DOC to county sentence so I could continue at work release and make regular payments to support with arrears: remind you the judge, as I believe, supported alternative decisions not to send me to prison.
After my time was granted, work release has since denied my return due to amount of time to serve: so here I am loss of job, paying no support in jail with five years local time to serve. I feel I am a perfect example that criminalizing child support cases is not effective and if the state suspends driver's license due to arrears, it will only worsen the child support debts.
