"The driving force behind child support arrearages is not bad parents, but instead rigid child support systems which are mulishly impervious to the economic realities noncustodial parents face, such as layoffs, wage cuts, and work-related injuries. According to the Urban Institute, less than one in 20 non-custodial parents who suffer substantial income drops are able to get courts to reduce their child support payments. In such cases, the amounts owed mount quickly, as do interest and penalties."
http://www.examiner.com/fathers-rights-in-national/3-billion-owed-child-support-is-an-illusion


Actually, it is interest penalties which double and triple the amount owed.
ReplyDeletehttp://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/07/assessing-CS-debt/execsum.htm#Why
It is also fathers not knowing they can get free help.
Federal Child Support Enforcement Handbook for Non-Custodial Parents
http://ChildSupportRights.org
AND, it is a glitch in the software used by state Child Support Enforcement
http://cabaraoke.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/06/6417534-child-support-payroll-attachments-when-being-current-in-support-is-not-current
I WOULD ARGUE, but when correct, it may be time to shout! harrison
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