These pages contain information and statistics about child support payments, alimony and the costs of raising a child. These statistics will include the rates of child support payments, alimony and the costs of raising a child from various jurisdictions as well as statistics on some of the collateral effects of child support payment orders.
Court Ordered Child Support Payments
Information from multiple sources show that only 10% of all noncustodial fathers fit the “deadbeat dad” category: 90% of the fathers with joint custody paid the support due.
Fathers with visitation rights pay 79.1%; and 44.5% of those with NO visitation rights still financially support their children. (Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173).;
The following is sourced from: Technical Analysis Paper No. 42, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Income Security Policy, Oct. 1991, Authors: Meyer and Garansky.;
Custodial mothers who receive a support award: 79.6%; Custodial fathers who receive a support award: 29.9%; Non-custodial mothers who totally default on support: 46.9%;
Non-custodial fathers who totally default on support: 26.9%.
DOJ, HHS, Census data regarding children that grow up without Fathers.
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