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The Idaho Supreme Court has determined that the statute that relates to the license suspension provision is valid, regardless of when your order was entered.  Wheller v. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, ____ Idaho _____ (April 8, 2009).  The Petitioner argued that his orders were entered prior to the enactment of the statutue that allowed license suspensions, and thus the State could not suspend his license.  The Court found that because the matter was civil in nature, there was no ex post facto law application.  The challenge to this statute failed.  The warning is that parents that fail to pay their child support can have license(s) (including hunting) suspended.

Muriel M. Burke