Millions of families in this country depend on child support
payments. 1 in 4 children are living in
poverty in every city. The same amount go hungry on a regular basis. Some are
homeless or are in unstable homes where they are abused and neglected. Many
parents battle the day to day struggle to provide the basic necessities of
live. Our youngest and most vulnerable
are put in situations that will terrify adults because of poor decisions made
out of desperation. Young women will
trade sex with dangerous people because it provides the means for status and
money needed to care for children. There
are many cases where children are harmed because of these decisions. It has
been said that a mother will do whatever it takes to take care of their
children. That should not be an issue when support is being paid to the state
for the child by the non-custodial parent or NCP.
Oftentimes, the parent will turn to the state for public assistance/welfare/TANF.
When this happens the parent has to allow the STATE to pursue the other parent
for support. This brings up the issue of
CHILD SUPPORT. It’s really a great idea
when used properly. It insures that a child would receive monies needed for survival
and a parent would have a financial means to care for the child that two people
brought into the world. When a parent
will not help provide for their child, it means that a court has to intervene
on the child’s behalf. That parent is then
brought before a judge to be forced to provide monetary support for the child.
In the case of the parents receiving state assistance the state is allowed to
collect the support paid to/for that child. THE STATE DOES NOT TELL THEM THAT THE STATE CAN ONLY COLLECT
WHAT IS PAID OUT BY THEM FOR THE CHILD DURING A MONTH. So the state collects all support because the
parent does not know this. Most states provide less than 400 a month for multiple
children even though they are collecting more.
They keep the difference because the state penalizes poor children. This money goes into personal accounts and bonuses for supervisors.
