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This article is part of an ongoing Lawyers.com series looking at the child support crisis in America. Other articles in this series include: Putting a Face on Unpaid Child Support: Kendra’s Story Deadbeat Parents Don’t Pay Because There’s No Enforcement Federal Government No Help with Unpaid Child Support   Anyone who’s faced poverty, debt or even unemployment knows that sometimes the daily struggle to stay afloat means you’re forced to make tough choices. Gabrielle, a separated mother of two living …

This article is part of an ongoing Lawyers.com series looking at the child support crisis in America. Other articles in this series include: Putting a Face on Unpaid Child Support: Kendra’s Story Putting a Face on Unpaid Child Support: Gabrielle’s Story Federal Government No Help with Unpaid Child Support   National alarm bells should be ringing over the shocking fact that only 41.2 percent of custodial parents receive their full allotment of child support. However, a perpetually stagnant economy and …

This article is part of an ongoing Lawyers.com series looking at the child support crisis in America. Other articles in this series include: Deadbeat Parents Don’t Pay Because There’s No Enforcement Putting a Face on Unpaid Child Support: Gabrielle’s Story Federal Government No Help with Unpaid Child Support   Delinquency on child support payments is at an epidemic in the United States. According to the latest comprehensive child support numbers from the US Census Bureau, only 41.2 percent of custodial …

  The picture for parents with young children who are owed child support is grim, and it is getting worse, according to a recent report by the US Census Bureau. The percentage of custodial parents getting full payment is dropping at an alarming rate. Fewer parents received child support in 2009 when compared to 2007 payment percentages. Only 41.2 percent of parents received the full amount of support due in 2009, compared with 46.9 percent in 2007. Hundreds of thousands …

The man of the house used to unilaterally earn more money than the woman, but that is not necessarily so in the 21st century. Women continue to narrow the income gap, which has resulted in some unforeseen consequences, particularly when it comes to divorce. “Interestingly enough, part of the ramifications of women getting better jobs, getting higher pay and receiving equal rights are certain penalties, such as orders of spousal support in divorce proceedings,” says Kenneth Altshuler, president of the …