How to Use child support in a Sentence

child support

noun
  • The hiccup involves people whose spouses were late in paying child support.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • But there are legal limits to a trial court’s authority to modify child support awards.
    Donna Engle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 26 Sep. 2020
  • In fact, as personal as divorce is, the rules around issues such as alimony, child support and child custody are driven by your state’s laws.
    Carla Fried Rate.com, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
  • These run from chaos at concerts and demands for child support, to threats with baseball bats and legal entanglements with corporate giants.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But that decision affected thousands of taxpayers whose spouses owed child support.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • In terms of compensation, Young-White petitioned the court to require Kehlani to pay him child support.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The government will automatically send you a check for the amount that was wrongfully applied toward your spouse's past-due child support.
    Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2020
  • But some individuals were left out of the payments, including thousands whose spouses were behind on paying their child support.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Among other things, unemployment applications can be flagged for back taxes, child support or overpayments.
    Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The money is going to individuals whose portion of the coronavirus stimulus checks were diverted to pay their spouse’s past-due child support.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2020
  • That same year, after exiting Grey’s Anatomy, Williams’ child support payments were reduced to $6,413 a month.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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

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