How to Use child support in a Sentence

child support

noun
  • But most men can be sued in a court of law for child support.
    Glamour, 13 May 2022
  • Nearly a year ago Thomas asked for a loan of $1,000 to catch up on child support.
    Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023
  • Rachel filed for child support when their son was six months old.
    Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
  • At this time, no child support agreement has been put in place.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
  • She was ordered to pay him child support, court records show.
    Daniella Silva, NBC News, 17 June 2022
  • The amount of child support agreed upon was redacted from the court filing.
    Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • The feds wanted to make sure the child support payments kept flowing.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • What about the rights of men who claim they’re being squeezed by women for child support?
    Zoe Beaty, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • As part of that, the Oscar winner has been ordered to pay him $8,000 a month in child support.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Porter and Combs broke up in 1999 and battled in court over child support for Christian.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • But that happens rarely, and usually if the child support seems to be skewed.
    Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Berry has also agreed to pay Martinez $8,000 a month in child support.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Details around spousal and child support take months and sometimes years to get ironed out.
    Louise Rafkin, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Tom Wolf lived in a home in Daly City with his wife and two children and worked as a child support officer for the city.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The only things the couple will need to work out in court, The Blast reported, is child custody and child support.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 5 Sep. 2023
  • By the time Unique had moved away from Richmond, the father of her sons owed her thousands of dollars in child support.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The story lacks the moral outrage of a father who refuses to pay child support.
    Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • According to Page Six, under the terms of the divorce, Berry must pay Martinez $8,000 a month in child support.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Nearly a dozen kids have come into the world, and with them mountains of child support that dwarf his earnings.
    Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
  • According to a report from the Daily Beast over the summer, he was ordered by a judge to pay child support starting in 2014.
    Frida Ghitis, CNN, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In Mungai's case, she was also required to pay child support payments to the county to reimburse them for the foster care.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2022
  • This applies to both savings as well as debts, such as student loan debt or child support payments.
    Becca Stanek, theweek, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Soon after their son was born in August 2021, Patton sued Shauntice Skye for sole custody and child support.
    Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Rapper Scarface was also booked into the jail on child support charges.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • At least two others were in arrears on child support, and another had been charged with harassment, though the charges were dropped.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 26 Apr. 2022
  • None of the money went to the custodial parents entitled to child support.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2023
  • Since then, the pair have weathered a series of court battles regarding custody of their children and Williams' child support.
    Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Argote was also banned from entering the family home and ordered to pay $1,120 a month in child support.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Part of the ruling indicated that the two will share joint legal custody, with Berry agreeing to pay Martinez $8,000 a month in child support.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The judge ordered Argote to pay $1,120 a month in child support and banned him from entering the family’s home, according to the judgment.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'child support.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: