child support

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noun

money paid for the care of one's minor child, especially payments to a divorced spouse or a guardian under a decree of divorce.

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Example sentences from the Web for child support

People who received the first stimulus payments didn’t have to contend with offsets unless they owed back child support.
Tax season 2021: A tornado is coming|Michelle Singletary|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
The rent was set at 30 percent of her income, which at the time included court-ordered child support payment’s from her daughter’s father.
The stimulus relieved short-term pain, but eviction’s impact is a long haul|Kyle Swenson|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
Under the Cares Act, the IRS could offset the stimulus payment only for back child support.
IRS mistakenly tells tens of thousands of taxpayers they won’t get their stimulus payments|Michelle Singletary|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
So too can the absence of shelters in some communities and inadequate income to afford the legal services necessary to dissolve an abusive marriage and resolve issues like child support and visitation rights.
Domestic Violence Is a Pandemic Within the COVID-19 Pandemic|Jeffrey Kluger|February 3, 2021|Time

However, under the Cares Act, the IRS could offset the stimulus payment only for back child support.
Many people may not get promised stimulus payments in hand if they owe back taxes|Michelle Singletary|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
“I do not support gay marriages being recognized in Florida,” he wrote Andrew Walther of Sanford.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If the Israel model ban were directed towards disordered eating, Ravin says she would support it whole-heartedly.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion|Nina Strochlic|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In Sweden parents can use those days up until the child turns 12.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In October, he traveled to Denver with Fry to support his work with LGBT rights organization The Matthew Sheppard Foundation.
Meet Stephen Fry’s Future Husband (Who Is Less Than Half His Age)|Tom Sykes|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
He shrank, as from some one who inflicted pain as a child, unwittingly, to see what the effect would be.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
This is one of the most striking manifestations of the better side of child-nature and deserves a chapter to itself.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The mother's lips could not finish the charge she was about to put upon her innocent child.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
In Luke it is said, “And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway

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