The Child Support Hustle®

South Dakota is one of the most recent states to embrace the thought of enacting legislation in support of shared parenting in the United States.  Shared parenting, by definition, is a collaborative arrangement in child custody or divorce determinations in which both parents have the right and responsibility of being actively involved in the raising […]

There are endless news reports concerning ‘deadbeat’ roundups and proposals of stricter child support legislation in an effort to increase child support collections.  There is, however, a lack of information and articles that promote the limited number of work-oriented programs that are being offered to noncustodial parents across the country.  While most states only offer […]

Based on history, if one state enacts a new law, other states may follow suit.  With child support enforcement punishing parents by suspending driver’s and professional licenses, denying passports denial and incarceration, there may be a new punishment on the horizon for Virginia parents.  The new law may be construed as yet another citizen rights […]

Recently, a Detroit native, Carnell Alexander, has been in the news because of a paternity fraud case that occurred decades ago and a $30k debt that he is expected to pay as reimbursement to the state for welfare benefits paid to the child’s (now adult) mother.  Mr. Alexander armed with a DNA test and the […]

Trickle-down economics has been the basis of many arguments concerning the benefits of this model for the working class and poor people in a society.  InvestorWords defines trickle-down economics as an economic theory which advocates letting businesses flourish since their profits ultimately trickle down to lower-income individuals and the rest of the economy.  The child […]

While exposing the true purpose of the child support system in America, which is arguably collecting money to be retained by the state, there may be confusion between child support and child support arrears.  The Free Dictionary defines child support as a payment that a noncustodial parent makes as a contribution to the costs of […]

Recently news outlets are headlining more instances of men owing child support and child support arrears for children that they did not biologically father.  These situations are not unusual but due to social media, there seems to be more attention focused on this seemingly unjust action against these alleged fathers.  There are several reasons that […]

As penalties and punishments for nonpayment of child support becomes more commonly known, it is important to discuss credit scores as they relate to child support delinquencies. The government can and will do everything in its power to discredit a person in regards to collecting child support from parents. This includes posting most wanted billboards […]

In an effort to combat alleged abuses to the welfare system, the U.S. government launched a welfare recovery system.  The system, known today as the Child Support Enforcement Agency, was revamped in 1998 courtesy of former President Bill Clinton.  According to CNN.com (1998), the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act entails felony punishment for a parent who […]