Which Statement Identifies a Problem with Enforcement of Child Support

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which statement identifies a problem with enforcement of child support obligations of absent fathers as a way of solving the mothers' welfare dependence?

• A) Much empirical evidence supports the idea that stronger enforcement of child support reduces the incidence of single motherhood by making it financially costly for fathers to abandon their families.
• B) Since nearly 90% of court-ordered child support payments are made,the benefits from increased enforcement are quite small.
• C) Most of the fathers who are not making child-support payments are poor,so not much money can be collected from them.
• D) The mothers' welfare benefits are not dependent on whether or not an absent father is making child support payments.

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