they wouldnt let you leave if you owed money bruh
yes they would... especially if you don't have a charge.. you can be 300 million behind in child support.. if your bm hasn't gone to court, or cps hasn't filed the official charge, then you don't have anything on your record to signal the passport people
now while you're out and about, the charges get filed... well then now you know, when you get home, you'll be arrested on the spot
which is fukked up he trying to play this political prisoner bullshyt.. knowing he ain't nothing but a deadbeat dad. state dept wouldn't ban him from america. they'd just let him come home and arrest his ass. which is why 2-3 days later, no major news outlets give any fukks about this story
you think if they started banning american citizens from coming home, after letting them leave, especially famous emmy nominated ones... that nobody would even care to mention it