Making Fathers Pay The Enforcement of Child Support

Name: Making Fathers Pay The Enforcement of Child Support
Price: 83.69 USD
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ISBN: 9780226100777

ISBN-10: 0226100774

ISBN-13: 9780226100777

Edition: 1979

Authors: David L. Chambers

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A couple with children divorce. A court orders the father to pay child support, but the father fails to pay. This pattern repeats itself thousands of times every year in nearly every American state. Making Fathers Pay is David L. Chambers's study of the child-support collection process in Michigan, the state most successful in inducing fathers to pay. He begins by reporting the perilous financial problems of divorced mothers with children, problems faced even by mothers who work full time and receive child support. The study then examines the characteristics of fathers who do and do not pay support and the characteristics of collections systems that work. Chambers's findings are based…

Book details

List price: $77.00
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/1979
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 380
Size: 0.79" wide x 0.98" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




Introduction



""I'm Going to Teach You a Lesson""



Seeking Answers The Friends of the Court The Michigan Counties Studied



Families in Divorce



The Divorced Families in Genesee County Backgrounds The Marriages and the Children Reasons for Wanting Out: The Divorce A Summary Synthesis



The Economics of Divorce Fixing the Order of Support Financial Positions after Divorce Summary



What Makes Fathers Pay?



Payment of Support Why Fathers Might Not Pay Payment in Genesee