FRANKFORT — Lori Eckdahl had sought about every resource she could in trying to collect the past-due child support she was owed.

        In 1999, she came across something on Kentucky's child-support Web site she thought would help. It was an item about a poster of Kentucky's most-wanted child-support evaders.

        “I figured it couldn't hurt,” said Ms. Eckdahl, of Lexington, who nominated her former boyfriend, Mark A. Todd, for the most-wanted poster. “It couldn't make things any worse than they already were.”

        The campaign, headed by the Kentucky Child Support Enforcement Commission, targets parents — those unable to be located or those hiding out — who owe more than $10,000 in back child support. The commission is now collecting information for the 2002 poster, which should be completed by February, said Jennifer Dean, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office.

        Earlier this month, the attor ney general's office sent letters to county attorneys statewide requesting nominees for the 2002 poster. Guidelines include: owing $10,000 or more in child support as established by the courts; not paying support in the preceding six months; not being in jail; and not having an arrest warrant issued.

        Once completed, the posters are sent to sheriff's offices and posted in common areas such as post offices, rest stops, Laundromats and grocery stores. They are also in local child-support offices.

        “Many of these people come from smaller towns where they are not just another face in the crowd,” said Phillip Hedrick, county attorney in Boyd County and a member of the enforcement commission.

        “People have seen them and run into them or it's a next-door neighbor. I think (the posters) impose a consciousness on people that they might not otherwise have.”

        The annual poster displays the photos of 10 child-support offenders, along with their name, birthday and other descriptive details.

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