Summary
"There's a big distinction between getting a child-support court order and enforcing it," says [Simone Spence], who faced her own problems collecting child support from her ex-spouse. "A lot of women never see the child-support payments to which they're entitled. For many of them, hiring a lawyer or a collection agency is too costly, and government efforts are well-intentioned but not that effective."
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Tracking Deadbeat Dads
IN EARLY SEPTEMBER lawyers for Denise Ghanem and her ex-husband Joseph faced off in front of a pair of state Appellate Division judges. For Denise, a primary issue was collecting a backlog of more than $24,000 in unpaid child support that had am...
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