There were $20.2 billion in child support payments made in cash in 2021 (the latest data available by the U.S. Census Bureau). The average cash amount for child support per month was $441.

NEW YORK — A new online enrollment form for child support services launched recently as part of the Child Support Program’s recently redesigned website, childsupport.ny.gov. According to a ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has granted associates of the U.S. DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data, overriding the objections of ...

A Jan. 20 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) warns of a major change to tax law for people with children. "Donald Trump says that a woman who receives child support from a man can no ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump has not laid out a new law banning parents who receive child support payments from claiming child tax benefits, contrary to social media posts.

Britney Spears will continue paying child support to her ex Kevin Federline for their youngest son, Jayden James, even though he turned 18 Thursday. Sources told TMZ that the “Womanizer ...

Child support laws could drastically change for parents as the nation continues to navigate a post-Roe America. On Tuesday, the Republican-led Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly in a 36-2 vote ...

This battle just cost this actor far fewer stones. Kevin Costner was ordered to pay ex-wife Christine Baumgartner considerably less child support than she had originally asked after he accused her ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) launched its Child Support Estimator, an online tool designed to provide parents with insights into ...

Relieving fathers of child-support won’t discourage this, it’ll only incentivize it. Plus, the Task Force’s report fails to make clear who — if anyone — will compensate black mothers for ...