Child Support

The Office of Legislative Audits says the Maryland Department of Human Resources is showing improvement in the way it handles child support collections, but has only made "minimal progress" regarding problems with the company contracted to conduct collections within...

According to the University of Maryland School of Social Work's Family Welfare Research and Training Group, noncustodial parents who have been or are currently in prison owed an average of $22,000 in delinquent child support payments upon their release. Experts say...

It is common practice for states to levy harsh penalties against noncustodial parents who fail to pay child support, often garnishing their wages, revoking their professional licenses and even sentencing them to jail. However, such tactics often fail to actually help...

An order to pay child support is common among many divorced parents, but it is often unclear exactly how these obligations are determined. The details of a child support order can differ greatly between cases, with some parents easily able to make scheduled monthly...

The White House Domestic Policy Council has issued a new report that outlines several plans aimed at helping families across the country. Inside this report are two announcements regarding changes to the way the federal government will treat child support. The report...

Authorities from a number of sheriff's offices and the Maryland State Police recently conducted a statewide sweep aimed at detaining noncustodial parents with warrants for failing to pay child support. In Prince George's County alone, a team of 11 deputies with the...

An initiative introduced by the Child Support Program of one Maryland county's Department of Social Services aims to help non-custodial parents make more timely child support payments and become more involved in their children's lives. The Young Father's Program in...

Although the United States currently has bilateral child support enforcement agreements with 15 nations, this number could increase following the approval of an international child support treaty by the U.S. House of Representatives. If approved by the Senate, the...

In the latest development in a long-running child support dispute, French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault was asked why he failed to promptly accept paternity of his son, whose mother is supermodel Linda Evangelista. Pinault claimed he was distracted by the birth...

The Maryland Senate recently voted 25-21 in support of a bill that would suspend child support obligations for prison inmates. While the bill's critics question its implications, its sponsors say it will make sure convicts are able to make child support payments upon...