[Seattle3503]

When I visited the FCC many years ago, one fo the reasons they give for allowing anonymous calls is the the protection of domestic violence victims. Eg they may need to call their abuser to talk about child support payments. They shouldn't need to reveal too much information away, particularly if it could be used to find their address (eg a phone number)

[al_borland]

I’ve never personally been involved in this type of situation, but it seems like if the relationship is such that there is a safety issue from information potentially slipping during a phone call, maybe the court should be dealing with that communication if there is an issue with child support payments not getting made.

[cool_dude85]

Wonder why my husband is 20 minutes late to drop my kid off for the weekend. Let me call up my lawyer and he'll get a date on the judge's docket next month to find out what's up.

[al_borland]

If he is dropping the kid off, he already knows where you live, so having him figure it out via a phone number is kind of a moot point.

The example given was child support, which is financial, not visitation. I’m assuming this person would be an ex-husband, and that abuse, leading to assurance that he can’t track you down, means visitation with the kid is off the table.