Monday, October 20, 2008

Child Support Ceremony

District Court Judge Jeanie Houston took part in a ceremony today at the Yadkin County Court House recognizing those in the area who have never missed a child support payment. The event was hosted by the Yadkin County Department of Social Services, and coordinated by Valerie Zachary, the agency's child support attorney.

Zachary said the selection process for the ceremony started by looking for unfamiliar names on the Department of Social Services list of child support payments. It was a comment echoed by Judge Houston.

"We like these folks, because we don't know them," Judge Houston joked. "They're never in court for not paying their child support. We have a lot of people we can't say that about."

Below, Judge Houston is shown with Marcelo Mimiaga, Trent Shore, Edsel Wooten (the director of the Yadkin County Department of Social Services), Shamus Jackson and Jim Stanley.