Despite compiling $2.2 billion in child support payments from 2020 through 2024, Louisiana was among the lowest ranked states and U.S. territories for such collections, according to an audit released ...

DES MOINES (AP) -- Though Iowa is a leader in collection of child support payments owed, about 38 percent of those court-ordered payments aren't being paid, a legislative oversight committee was ...

State child support enforcement agencies are charged with recovering financial support from non-custodial parents to help cover the costs of raising children. Payment amounts are established via court ...

FARGO — Parents in North Dakota have paid and received a record high percentage of child support in the current federal fiscal year, according to the state’s child support enforcement division. Health ...

One of the least publicized issues at the state Capitol this year is also one of the most important. This coming October, major cuts are scheduled in state and county programs that collect child ...

St. Louis County ranks high in the state in establishing paternity and collecting child support payments, according to Minnesota Department of Human Services reports. It's something that county ...

FILE - Kentucky Republican Sen. Whitney Westerfield testifies during a State and Local Government Committee meeting at the Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky. The Republican-led ...

A recent audit of the state's new child support collection system outlines several problems and offers solutions to make sure single parents get the money they deserve on time. With thecentralized ...

HANCOCK COUNTY — Making sure the county’s most vulnerable children are cared for properly is a priority with officials from the prosecutor’s office. Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 ...

If Billy McCasland had gotten his $1,200 stimulus check, he would have moved his family out of the Modesto house the pediatrician says is responsible for his 7-year-old’s lead poisoning. L.A.-based ...