ABSTRACT
T hose who study care work should focus greater attention onthe issue of child support. Child support is money paid by anoncustodial parent, usually the father, to the custodial parent, usually the mother, for the care and financial support of a child or children from whom they are living apart. Child support is regulated by the state in the interests of ensuring that children born to single mothers or divorced parents can be adequately cared for and will not suffer economic hardship. In recent years, the issue of child support has received increased attention from policy makers who want single-parent families, many of whom are poor, to receive less money from the government and more from private sources, particularly in the form of child support from the noncustodial parent.
