The Child Support Hustle®

With the recent murder of South Carolina father, Walter Scott, who ran from the police because he had a warrant for failing to pay child support, The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement Agency (OCSE) is trying to do damage control.  The office has released its March/April Newsletter comprised of articles discussing child support enforcement […]

On the surface veteran Torrey Eubaire seems to be just like many other former Navy sailor and divorced father.  As a disabled vet some days are admittedly a physical struggle.  However, there is a more mental and financial burden that has an ever tightening grip on Torrey.  The ever-tightening choke hold he faces is the […]

The state and federal government collects billions of dollars from the child support system.  Besides the incentive money that states collect from the federal government because it meets or exceeds the performance measurements, certain states/counties can also earn grant money.  The Health and Human Services (HHS) and The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has […]

It is important to examine the benefits that people receive from the government once they become single parents in America.  There is a monumental difference between the treatment of the mother and the father, this is specifically contingent on which becomes the residential or custodial parent after the birth of a child to unmarried parents.  […]

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 […]