Family Reunion Commentary: The judge’s warning about a $1.6 billion delay in child support payments exposes a major flaw in the system—one that is far too common. When non-custodial parents pay on time but the state delays distribution, it creates confusion and unfairly damages trust between parents.
The parent receiving support may assume payments weren’t made and, in some cases, restrict parenting time based on that belief. This not only harms co-parenting relationships but can also negatively impact the child. When the system breaks, it doesn’t just lose money—it erodes trust, fractures families, and turns accountability into blame. Children end up paying the highest price for failures that were never theirs to bear.
By Yahoo, 04/07/26
“…What parents waiting on child support don’t want to hear is that a delay in getting the payments they have filed for. But that’s what one local judge says is happening, and it’s added up to over a billion dollars in payments not being processed. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-warns-1-6b-child-222830205.html
