| Child support is the amount of money one parent | | | | Some paying parents simply can't afford to pay. |
| must pay the other after a divorce. The money | | | | They often find it hard to pay their own living |
| is suppose to be used for expenses related to | | | | expenses while paying large amounts of money |
| raising the children. The amount of money to be | | | | every month in child support. Many times finances |
| paid for child support depends on many different | | | | change because of remarried, losing a job or |
| factors. | | | | developing health problems. |
| Generally, the parent who has primary custody of | | | | There are millions of dollars in unpaid child support |
| the children is the one who gets the child support | | | | in the United States. Some states are more |
| payments. Child support payments are | | | | aggressive than others in trying to collect that |
| determined, in part, by the amount of money the | | | | unpaid support. Some states, for instance, will |
| paying parent makes and the number of children | | | | refuse to renew your driver's license or your |
| who require the support payments. | | | | hunting license if you owe unpaid child support. |
| Child support law specifics are different in every | | | | Many state attorney general offices are also |
| state. To get the specifics for the state in which | | | | intercepting income tax refunds and applying the |
| you live, you need to either discuss the matter | | | | money to unpaid child support. You should contact |
| with your attorney or do some online research. | | | | an attorney in your state to find out exactly how |
| Child support is always a point of contention | | | | aggressive your state is at collecting unpaid child |
| between divorced parents. One of the most | | | | support. |
| common problems is paying parents complaining | | | | Child support can be a financial problem for many |
| that the receiving parent is not using the money | | | | divorced people. To lessen that burden, the best |
| for the benefit of the children. Paying parents | | | | course of action during a divorce is for divorcing |
| frequently like to use child support as a method | | | | parents to be reasonable with each other and |
| of controlling the ex-spouse. They believe that by | | | | agree on an amount of support that is both |
| withholding payment they are controlling the | | | | helpful to the receiving parent and not overly |
| ex-spouse and making it hard for them to survive | | | | burdensome to the paying parent. |
| financially. | | | | |