When policymakers talk about child support, they often focus on poverty or delinquency. For decades that focus made sense. The modern child-support enforcement system was built to protect low-income ...

The U.S. government can revoke a passport for significant unpaid child support. The Trump administration increased enforcement of a 1996 law allowing for passport revocations. The delinquent child ...

The Trump administration is moving to more strictly enforce a 1996 law that gives the State Department the authority to revoke passports over unpaid child support. By Chris Cameron Reporting from ...

The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to gain access to a trove of federal information that is intended to support the collection of child support payments but could potentially be used for ...

Lorain County commissioners proclaimed August as Child Support Enforcement Month and learned about the statistics from the last year from the agency. Amy Price, director of the Lorain County Child ...

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a federal cash welfare program for low-income, working families with children in the United States that requires participation with child support ...

Regardless of circumstances, a custodial parent is entitled to financial support from the child’s other parent. Credit...Lucy Jones Supported by By Diane Mehta This guide was originally published on ...