child support

American  

noun

1. 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

After her divorce, she said she relied on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, which provided cash assistance for necessities until she started receiving child support.

From Salon

Former spouses who no longer want to be parents could also find themselves obligated to pay child support, Cahn said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Partly to pay child support, O'Grady took a job as a peripatetic care officer, looking after other people's children in Camden.

From BBC

They seize child support money not only from those mothers, but others who used to receive government aid and have gotten off it.

From Los Angeles Times

Commonly but not always, an arrangement was made whereby the woman received the equivalent of alimony and child support.

From Washington Post