"For Christina Brown, a mother in Wildomar, the battle to get child support is over.
As California Watch and KQED Public Radio reported last month, Brown was having little luck collecting the more than $4,000 per month in court-ordered child support payments from her ex-husband, Sonnie Brown, a member of the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians.
Sonnie Brown rarely has met his child support obligations, despite earning $13,250 per month for his share of gaming profits as a tribal member. As a sovereign nation, the Viejas tribal government does not have to honor a state child support order.
But Christina Brown said that after submitting a formal petition to the Viejas Tribal Council on Aug. 31, it ruled to garnishee Sonnie Brown’s monthly stipend from the tribe to pay child support."
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Tribe agrees to garnishee wages for back child support
(California Watch 9/20)
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