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child support

American

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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He does have a legal obligation to provide child support but I haven’t taken him to court yet.

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He skipped town to avoid paying one red cent to your mother in child support, and now he’s back.

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“If Joey couldn’t pay child support,” writes Mr. O’Brien, “he’d help her by going away.”

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One of the siblings owes quite a bit of child support, which my parents have been adamant about not paying.

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“He doesn’t care about Boo! He was supposed to give my mom child support and he never did. I don’t think Boo’s ever even met him!”

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