Child support is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child after the end of a marriage or similar relationship. Court-ordered child maintenance runs from an obligor, typically a non-custodial parent, to an obligee such as a custodial parent, caregiver, or guardian, to cover the child's care and upbringing. The obligation can apply even where the parents' relationship was never formalized as a marriage.
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Child support (or child maintenance) is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child (state or parent, caregiver, guardian) following the end of a marriage or other similar relationship.
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Child support (or child maintenance) is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child (state or parent, caregiver, guardian) following the end of a marriage or other similar relationship.
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