How to Use child support in a Sentence

child support

noun
  • When the father refused to pay child support, the grandmother filed a complaint.
    Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
  • That point was echoed in interviews with other state child support officials.
    Adria Malcolm, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The law will expect a noncustodial parent to pay some amount of child support.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 14 June 2024
  • Webster-Cox said that the automatic suspension was the result of failing to pay child support.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Amid the 2024 campaign, news surfaced that White also owes tens of thousands of dollars in child support payments.
    Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The Lottery, in turn, checks to see if the person claiming the prize has outstanding child support payments or other fees and fines due the state, Sweeney noted.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • After a contentious child support battle, the model and the billionaire businessman reached an out-of-court settlement the following year.
    Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • But most men can be sued in a court of law for child support.
    Glamour, 13 May 2022
  • Nearly a year ago Thomas asked for a loan of $1,000 to catch up on child support.
    Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023
  • Rachel filed for child support when their son was six months old.
    Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
  • At this time, no child support agreement has been put in place.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
  • She was ordered to pay him child support, court records show.
    Daniella Silva, NBC News, 17 June 2022
  • The amount of child support agreed upon was redacted from the court filing.
    Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • The feds wanted to make sure the child support payments kept flowing.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • What about the rights of men who claim they’re being squeezed by women for child support?
    Zoe Beaty, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • As part of that, the Oscar winner has been ordered to pay him $8,000 a month in child support.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Porter and Combs broke up in 1999 and battled in court over child support for Christian.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • But that happens rarely, and usually if the child support seems to be skewed.
    Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Berry has also agreed to pay Martinez $8,000 a month in child support.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Details around spousal and child support take months and sometimes years to get ironed out.
    Louise Rafkin, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Tom Wolf lived in a home in Daly City with his wife and two children and worked as a child support officer for the city.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Those are asked so that the state can go after the dads for child support — most of which the government then pockets.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The only things the couple will need to work out in court, The Blast reported, is child custody and child support.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 5 Sep. 2023
  • By the time Unique had moved away from Richmond, the father of her sons owed her thousands of dollars in child support.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The story lacks the moral outrage of a father who refuses to pay child support.
    Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • According to Page Six, under the terms of the divorce, Berry must pay Martinez $8,000 a month in child support.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Nearly a dozen kids have come into the world, and with them mountains of child support that dwarf his earnings.
    Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Her dad legally changed his name to avoid paying child support.
    Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Charlie Sheen no longer has to pay ex-wife Denise Richards child support, a court ruling that caught the actress off guard, a source says.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Most recently, a judge ruled Monday that Sheen, 56, no longer has to pay child support.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 6 Oct. 2021

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