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SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 candgnews.com
Macomb County and Grosse Pointe papers
Lucido continues push for child support specialty court HEARINGS WOULD BE LAST CHANCE FOR UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT PROVIDERS
Work within the office of Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido has already recovered $3.3 million in unpaid child support in the last two years by simply seeking compliance from payers. The child support specialty court would take the mission of securing compliance further by bringing on Michigan Works! Macomb/St. Clair to help place unemployed child support payers into jobs or job training programs with court supervision.
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
MACOMB COUNTY — Following a meeting with judicial officials on Sept. 4, Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido is moving forward with the creation of a child support specialty court within the 16th Circuit Court in Mount Clemens. Under Lucido’s plan, the proposed court would operate similarly to other specialty courts within the 16th Circuit by directly handling cases where child support payers are in arrears. The goal of the court is to get compliance from the payers, thereby helping reduce the amount of unpaid child support across Michigan. “Today, the state of Michigan has $5.6 billion in outstanding uncollected child support, of which Wayne County is about $3.5 billion — more than half,” Lucido said. “Macomb County is at about $300 million, and
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
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WARREN RESIDENT WILL HONOR PARENTS WITH OFRENDA AT THE DIA BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
WARREN/DETROIT — When Ruffy B. Lim thinks about his parents, Rufino and Lordenita Lim, so many memories come to mind. “They were both very generous with their time and resources,” Lim said. “They were the unofficial patriarch and matriarch of the family. They sponsored my nephews and nieces to go through school. They did it out of love.”
He becomes emotional when speaking about them. His father, Rufino Lim, a U.S. Navy veteran, died in 1989. Lim’s mother, Lordenita Lim, died in 2024. Lim, of Warren, will pay tribute to his parents over the next several weeks at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. Lim has been chosen to display an altar in the DIA’s 13th Annual Ofrendas: Celebrating el Dia de Muertos. The ofrendas (altars) will be showcased at select locations on all three floors of the museum See PARENTS on page 9A
Warren resident Ruffy B. Lim will honor his parents, Lordenita, left, and Rufino, right, with an ofrenda now through Nov. 2 in the Detroit Institute of Art’s 13th Annual Ofrendas: Celebrating el Dia de Muertos exhibit. Photo provided by Ruffy B. Lim