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Deadbeat Dad truckers may be forced off the road

Deadbeat dad truckers will be off the road under a new state law.

From Jefferson City, Susan Batt explains.

The new bill would give the state child support enforcement division broad reaching authority to track deadbeat parents and make them pay child support.

The state will be able to suspend professional and driver's licenses if the parent is three months or two-thousand dollars behind in child support.

Bill sponsor St. Louis Representative Pat Dougherty says part of the problem is parents who break the law to avoid paying.

Federal mandate says Missouri must put the brakes on deadbeat dads by October 1.

From Jefferson City, I'm Susan Batt.