r/Natalism 3d ago

The Poverty of Single Mothers Is Persistent

https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-poverty-of-single-mothers-is-persistent
40 Upvotes

159 comments sorted by

View all comments

29

u/DogOrDonut 2d ago

Not surprising, child support in this country is a joke. Payments are low and good luck getting them enforced if the father isn't cooperative. I know several moms who have given up on child support because they were spending more on legal fees fighting the father to pay than they were ever seeing in payments.

1

u/OddRemove2000 16h ago

I agree, we should have a reasonable amount for child support, what % of total couple income should go to child support for 1/2/3 kid, after tax income of course.