Mothers Skimp as States Take Child Support

[The typical pattern in Europe in contrast to the U.S. is that separate agencies: a) provide support for abandoned mothers and their children, b) collect payments owed by fathers. Certainly this is true at least in France. Our system is a disaster per the below report. Ed Kent]

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Mothers Skimp as States Take Child Support
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Many states use fathers' payments to recoup welfare costs
and pass on none of the money to the children.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/01/us/01child.html?th&emc=th
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