child support

Noun

Meaning

court-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated

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One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it's hard to keep track of them. Rod Blagojevich

Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations. Susan Faludi

When a parent denies a child its "parent time,” that parent is denying the child its child support -- its psychological child support. Warren Farrell

Child support should do just that – support children, not the federal government. Paul Ryan

I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have to go on welfare. Gloria Allred

I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not by much. Don Adams

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