Child Support & the State of Florida

Child Support & the State of Florida
Shortly before HaLeigh Cummings disappeared on February 10, 2009, Sheffield had received a letter in the mail instructing her to appear in court regarding her un-paid child support. In the state of Florida the consequences for non-payment of child support can be loss of driving privileges and/or jail. A few days after Sheffield received the letter, HaLeigh Cummings disappeared from her home with no sign of struggle.
Shortly after the child’s disappearance, Sheffield and her mother, Marie Griffis, the future president and vice president of the Haleigh Bug Foundation, appeared on FOX News to be interviewed by Geraldo Rivera. Griffis said she believed HaLeigh had been taken out of Florida. “I have no idea why, but I know HaLeigh is fine, but I don’t feel HaLeigh’s… I don’t feel HaLeigh here in this area – she’s not here – she’s, she’s somewhere else - someone has got her and has transported her out of Florida and something just keeps - it stays in my mind constantly, Georgia Alabama - Georgia Alabama.”
In another televised interview, Griffis said she believed HaLeigh is ok but no one is going to see her for a while.
Despite HaLeigh Bug Foundation President Marie Griffis’ public statements that she believed HaLeigh Cummings was alive and well in a location unknown, the foundation she administers has yet to fund a single search for the missing child. Menawhile, nobody knows where the money has gone.
Ruby Kanger, mother-in-law to Johnny Sheffield, the child’s grandpa, told Write Into Action that HaLeigh Bug has never sponsored one search.