The Man Who Owed Child Support At 12 Years Old - Lionell TJ Tillman
Child support fraud is a phrase that triggers immediate debate, but Lionell TJ Tillman built an entire movement around proving it in court. After being retroactively placed on child support at age 12 for a child he never fathered, Tillman spent 22 years navigating a system that collected $64,000 in arrears before his case was dismissed for extrinsic fraud. He lays bare the specific federal statutes, Supreme Court case laws, and procedural loopholes that make the child support system a revenue machine rather than a child welfare program.
Tillman explains how states receive $755 million in…
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