In 1975, the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) was created to reduce child welfare payments and require parents to provide for their offspring. Today, the OCSE requires states to set up ...

New legislation would require some fathers to pay child support during pregnancy, beginning in the month of conception. The Unborn Child Support Act—introduced in the Senate by Sen. Kevin Cramer ...

However, child support laws and enforcement in the United States have only been effective in the recent past. Child support laws in the country were molded after the English laws. By the late 18th ...

The longest-standing critique of the Child Support Enforcement Program is its glaring inability to differentiate between parents who cannot pay their child support orders and those who choose not ...

National experts agree that there is no evidence to suggest that child support enforcement in the child care subsidy processes improves compliance or helps families gain access to additional funds ...

that judges turn to jail time as an enforcement mechanism. The aggressive pursuit of child support payments extends beyond individual families. It reflects a societal commitment to child welfare ...

The lead sponsor of the bipartisan Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act is Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hern, who says, sadly, he understands this issue all too well.