A woman who suspects that her son's father receives information which allows him to avoid being arrested by court bailiffs for outstanding child support said she is at her wit's end with the situation.

According to her, it has been five months since an arrest warrant was issued for him, and still nothing has been done.

"I don't understand how they say they can't find him, yet he is such a well-known person," said Naquaysha Burgess.

The mother-of-two is upset because she said her five-year-old's father, Devonshire Colts soccer player Kuma Smith, has not consistently paid his child support this past year.

"He has only made four payments this year, the last being a week ago, but he still owes $3,160," Mrs. Burgess said.

And she said while she often wondered how Mr. Smith avoided being picked up, she did not pursue the matter with the court bailiffs until she and Mr. Smith had an argument this summer.

"At that time he said, 'Every time you make a move at the court, my uncle tells me'," she said.

But Mrs. Burgess said he refused to divulge his uncle's name. And, according to her, further probing revealed that the bailiff responsible for executing warrants in the Eastern parishes was McLaren Smith.

"So I decided to speak to the head bailiff (Bob Smith) to inquire whether he (McLaren Smith) was in fact, his uncle. Mr. Smith told me that he would follow up with him."

Soon after, Mrs. Burgess said she received an angry call from McLaren Smith who told her that she had no right to make false claims about him.

"And I didn't," said Mrs. Burgess. "I was only asking questions to see if it could be true. But if it wasn't, why was he so defensive?"

However, Mrs. Burgess stressed that she is not accusing the bailiffs of any wrongdoing.

"My son's father made a statement that aroused my suspicions.

All I want to know is what's going on. How could he go out and take trips and buy expensive shoes but he can't even pay $90 a week for his son?"

While he said he could not comment on Mrs. Burgess' case specifically, head bailiff Bob Smith said: "We are currently understaffed and each bailiff is carrying more than their normal workload.

"All efforts are being made to rectify this staffing concerns."

And Mr. Smith said if staff members were protecting their family members he would not stand for it.

"If that were to happen, I would not tolerate it," he said.

Attempts to reach Kuma Smith for comment were unsuccessful.