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Definition of Child support
1. Noun. Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated.
Definition of Child support
1. Noun. (legal) The ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an obligor, usually the noncustodial parent, to an obligee, usually the custodial parent or other guardian, for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated, or which never existed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Child Support
Literary usage of Child support
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Urban Change and Poverty by Michael G. H. McGeary, Laurence E. Lynn (1988)
"Because the 1984 child-support legislation is so recent, an assessment of its
effects relies heavily on theoretical expectations and rough empirical ..."
2. Families First: Report of the National Commission on America's Urban FamiliesFamily & Relationsh (1993)
"The federal government, through its child support enforcement and welfare ...
Strengthen the enforcement of child support payments by noncustodial parents. ..."
3. Youth Violence: Developing Local and State Solutions Hearings Before the edited by Fred Thompson (1998)
"Custodial parents must cooperate m establishing paternity and in obtaining child
support for their child or lose their benefits. ..."
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