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I understand that when it comes to children parents must support their children with everything that they need in life as they are not the ones that asked to be born.  
I understand that parents blame eachother over lots of things and i also understand that most parents will not pay for the child/ren...  
so it goes to Maintence Enforecement ( sorry for the spelling mistakes) but i am sure you know what i mean.  
 
When you dont pay to the program then they start putting red flag up on you.  
But can they legally not give you a picture id? it dont need to be a drivers licence.. but just a picture id is all you need.  
 
because the insurance place are saying you cannot get one due to the child support  
 
it's not me that have a issue but i have a friend that has this issue and he's trying to get in the right direction and thats blocking him. he's been paying in the last 4 years now and he's slowing catching up.  

What about the Manitoba Identification Card? That's what is provided to people who need ID, but don't need a licence.  
 
Is this what your friend tried to get?

but not being allowed to get a picture ID I think is just wrong. You can't open up a bank account or mailbox without picture ID and I'm sure there are a lot of other thing you can't do.

yes all he wants is a identification card  
he dont have a bank account or mailbox and the new job he is starting needs photo id to be hired and its the company policy  
 
and the insurance place will not give him a id and think its illegal to with hold it right?

If you can pm me I'll set you up with my email and I may have a way to help out

I'd recommend going to a different place, must have been that whomever was behind the desk was confused.  
 
They can prevent renewal of a drivers licence or suspension of a passport, but to deny someone something as basic as photo identification just defies common sense. Has to be a mistake.  
 
Even denying a license I think is stupid. How then would someone who isnt in a good financial position who lives in the country or rural town be able to commute to their job to pay the fines or child support. Passport, I understand that, they shouldn't be going on vacation.  
 
Obviously whomever made those rules didn't have even the slightest bit of forsight or capacity to to realize that not every person lives next to public transportation.  
 
There's other ways, like garnishment of wages over and above the cost of living, or seizure of accounts and assets at last resort. But to impede on a person's ability to have a job is just ridiculous.  
 
This bright idea was called The Federal licence suspension initiative, and was first introduced in the Liberal budget of 1996.

Enfyre said "I'd recommend going to a different place, must have been that whomever was behind the desk was confused.     They can prevent renewal of a drivers licence or suspension of a passport, but to deny someone something as basic as photo identification just defies common sense. Has to be a mistake.     Even denying a license I think is stupid. How then would someone who isnt in a good financial position who lives in the country or rural town be able to commute to their job to pay the fines or child support. Passport, I understand that, they shouldn't be going on vacation.     Obviously whomever made those rules didn't have even the slightest bit of forsight or capacity to to realize that not every person lives next to public transportation.     There's other ways, like garnishment of wages over and above the cost of living, or seizure of accounts and assets at last resort. But to impede on a person's ability to have a job is just ridiculous.     This bright idea was called The Federal licence suspension initiative, and was first introduced in the Liberal budget of 1996. "

While I agree maintenance enforcement sometimes resorts to draconian measures, if they weren't behind on their payments it wouldn't be an issue.  
 
From having worked with clients who were "in the system", for every person who cries maintenance enforcement is being too severe, there was three times that complaining that enforcement can't keep up. My SIL is owed 6 figures in child support - 6 figures! - and ME hasn't been able to extract a dime.  
 
To the OP: like others have mentioned, try another insurance place. There may have been confusion over what is allowed. They can withhold a license, but ID cards are not specifically listed on the website - but because they are issued by the same authority there may be extra steps that need to be taken.  
 
http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/family/mep/payors.html  
 
If your friend is still not getting anywhere, have them contact ME on Monday.