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child support

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Noun1.child support - court-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated
support payment - a payment made by one person for the support of another

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case outlined in California Court of Appeal documents is another example of a father who paid child support for years believing his daughter was living with her mother -- when she was actually in foster care.
This paper uses the 1988-1998 waves of the Current Population Survey--Child Support Supplement to track trends in father involvement for children in never-married families and to examine whether state child support enforcement affects their levels of involvement.
Under a divorce or separation agreement, payments are considered alimony if they are made in cash to an ex-spouse not living in the same household as the payor and not designated as either child support or a property settlement.
 
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