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For frustrated single parents, child support could be the difference in meeting the necessary daily needs for your child. It is estimated that there are 10-15 million families in our country who are not getting the child support they deserve and that more than $30 billion in child support goes uncollected every year! Although the government has introduced tougher penalties for those who don't pay their child support, these penalties are useless if you can't find the absent parent!

Most states have formulas to calculate the amount of child support the non-custodial parent should pay based on their net income each month. Typically the amounts are:

• 20 percent for one child
• 25 percent for two children
• 30 percent for three children
• 35 percent for four children
• 40 percent for five children
• No less than 40 percent for six or more children

Special rules apply in cases of split or joint custody or multiple children in different households. In some states, if a court believes that you are not making as much money as you should, the child support amount may be based on your earning potential rather than your current income.

Child support: calculator (based on Oregon child support guidelines)

It's never too late to collect. Many states have no statue of limitations on collecting back child support. So, if you have tried to pursue owed child support and back child support but ended up very frustrated because the resources that you used were either to slow, lengthy or to confusing, then you might want to consider the nation’s leading child support resource National Child Support in helping you towards getting the money that is owed to you..
 
Child Support Resource

National Child Support -company that specialize in getting child support payments started–and keeping them going. (Recommended)

The Division of Child Support Resource Center- A state agency that administers state and federal child support laws.

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