Monday, June 18, 2007
FATHER'S DAY PRESS RELEASE FROM U. S. CENSUS BUREAU
According to a June 17, 2007 Press Release from the U. S. Census Bureau:
- Fathers make up 10% of the custodial parents who are owed child support.
- 740,000 fathers are owed child support.
- Custodial fathers received $2.1 billion in child support in 2003; they were due $3.3 billion.
- Custodial mothers received $23.3 billion of the $33.7 billion in support that was due in 2003.
- 46% of custodial fathers who received all child support that was due, not significantly different than the corresponding percentage for custodial mothers.
- Fathers received an average of $2,797 in child support in 2003, compared with $3,579 for mothers.
From our perspective, the government could do a much better job of collecting child support for both fathers and mothers.
