For activist Kenya Rahmaan receiving child support turned her into an activist determined to abolish the child support system. She calls state-ordered Child Support a modern day debtors' prison. A ...

Child support enforcement (CSE) is a unique government function with unique bipartisan appeal, as well as a unique ability to help increase economic mobility. Over the years, it has shown that it can ...

The State Department’s enforcement initiative marks a significant shift in how child support arrearages can affect high-income obligors. In New Jersey, the impact is especially immediate. For decades, ...

When a non-custodial parent fails to pay child support, he or she accumulates a debt known as an arrearage. Failure to pay child support over an extended period of time can result in arrearages of ...

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A father who owes the state more than $5,400 in child support arrearages that accrued before he took custody of his four children in 1996 has failed to convince the Court of Special Appeals that his ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland’s House Bill 1126, signed into law on May 13, 2025, establishes a one-year pilot program to assist unemployed individuals with child support arrears by connecting them to job ...