How to Use child support in a Sentence
child support
noun-
The tester replied that the client had a felony from years ago for child support.
— Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024 -
But most men can be sued in a court of law for child support.
— Glamour, 13 May 2022 -
My dad was still in the picture and paid child support.
— Marie Claire, 19 Sep. 2019 -
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 -
The man had argued with the 40-year-old mother of his child about child support.
— cleveland, 11 Oct. 2019 -
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 -
The child’s mother is entitled to child support from your son and should seek it.
— New York Times, 29 Dec. 2020 -
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 -
The thief took $560, which was a month of child support payments from the father of her two youngest children, from her account.
— Nathaniel Popper, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2020 -
The $1,400 checks also won't be garnished to pay for overdue child support, the agency added.
— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2021 -
But the agency can apply 2021 tax refunds to such debts or child support.
— Laura Saunders, WSJ, 15 July 2021 -
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 -
In his original suit, Musk alleged Grimes was attempting to move proceedings to California to get higher child support payments.
— Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024 -
Court records show Gonzales previously owed thousands in unpaid child support.
— Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
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