Being removed from the ship unexpectedly

[llg13]

This happened on my last cruise on the Breeze. We disembarked in Miami really earlier and we were walking right behind a guy that was being escorted off in handcuffs. I hear something mentioned about LOTS of child support...:eek:

 

If you owe child support they will arrest you too.

Edited August 11, 2016 by llg13

[ScottsSweetie]

I have a friend with a son with similar situation (not cruising, though).

 

He was involved in a single car accident due to weather conditions. When the police arrived and ran his info, it appeared that he had some kind of outstanding warrant.

 

It was the same situation, in that everything had actually been cleared but paperwork never filed to completion.

 

I guess this is a lesson to all of us to follow the paperwork all the way through the system and double check at every different point of the process.

[Haoie]

Interesting read. Little mistakes can have lasting consequences!

[tallyho8]

If you owe child support they will arrest you too.

 

If you have enough money to go on a cruise and you aren't supporting your child, you deserve to be arrested.

[FLSteve11]

Probably not but I would hire a lawyer and try just the same. Police and gov't workers are so protected that it is hard to get justice even when its their fault. They would be getting sued every day because they make so many of these mistakes. This is why I would never answer a call on a Ship until we are at sea. What are they going to do then? Throw you overboard?

 

I don't think you would be suing an individual. In this case I would assume you would be suing the state, or at least the organization of the state responsible for this.

 

On a side note, did he have insurance and is it something that would be covered by this?

[Elaine5715]

A groom on a past B2B got pulled out of our group waiting for the ship to be cleared for the 22nd cruise.He was flagged as having a personal protection order against him. His new wife had to wait with us not knowing why they wanted to talk to him. The order had expired and he had brought all his paperwork because he thought" that crazy witch" might pull something. They told him if the order was still in place, he would not have been permitted to go back out.

[TravelDan99]

Several years ago, on the return LA to Hawaii, the Regal Princess made an unscheduled stop in San Diego before the "required" foreign port in Ensenada for a lady that had bought quite a large number of art auction paintings that didn't have the funds to back it up. She was confined to her cabin for the last three days with a crew member on duty at her cabin door. Lots of speculation onboard whether this was an inability to pay, or as heard through the crew member rumor mill -credit card fraud including her cruise!. Just saying.