child support
noun
: payment for the support of the children of divorced or separated parents while the children are minors or as otherwise legally required compare alimony
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Another inmate was freed after using $125 of commissary funds to pay child support they were being detained on.
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Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 June 2025
Arrest warrants were issued for Brown for domestic violence and failing to pay child support.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Around the turn of the 20th century, fearing that immigrant children were overwhelming American cities, many local and state governments started requiring paternal child support.
—Augustine Sedgewick, Time, 13 June 2025
She was arrested in 2024 for allegedly failing to make child support payments, per TMZ.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 18 June 2025
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Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 June 2025
Arrest warrants were issued for Brown for domestic violence and failing to pay child support.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Around the turn of the 20th century, fearing that immigrant children were overwhelming American cities, many local and state governments started requiring paternal child support.
—Augustine Sedgewick, Time, 13 June 2025
She was arrested in 2024 for allegedly failing to make child support payments, per TMZ.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for child support
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“Child support.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child%20support. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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