The St. Louis agency that connects residents to jobs has received new funding to continue a program that helps parents struggling with child support payments find steady work. ARCHS, a St. Louis-based ...

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For activist Kenya Rahmaan receiving child support turned her into an activist determined to abolish the child support system. She calls state-ordered Child Support a modern day debtors' prison. A ...

Child support guidelines vary crazily by state raising the question of their legitimacy. To see this, consider a hypothetical couple -- Luke and Liz, age 40, each earning $100,000. The couple live in ...

Historically, women who are expecting a child have been left out of child support requirements, with most having to wait until their child is born to receive any lawful benefits. This is despite the ...