There are three common ways for child support debt to appear on a credit report. Two can affect your credit score and one cannot. As with any other form of past-due debt, a collection item on a credit ...

Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...

Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...

If you're newly divorced and you have children, odds are you're probably just getting acquainted with the concept of child support. After all, child support law and regulation can be complex and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Patricia writes about family law and tips for female lawyers. Even those still working from home or working flex schedules found ...

OHIO, USA — The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) released a new mobile app that'll help families access child support case information easier. “This new mobile app will give Ohioans ...

Summit County families now have a new way to access their child support information. The Summit County Child Support Enforcement agency launched a new mobile app this week. Child support clients can ...

On a recent Saturday afternoon at his West Baltimore row house, Harrelle Felipa fields a steady stream of interruptions as he breads a large plate of fish and chicken for dinner. His 4-year-old son ...

When the U.S. child support collection system was set up in 1975 under President Gerald Ford — a child of divorce whose father failed to pay court-ordered child support — the country, and the typical ...