Having written about and represented many poor fathers in child support cases, I am familiar with the way federal and state child support policy undermines families. I understand how laws requiring recipients of public benefits to identify the fathers of their children and “cooperate” in child support enforcement hurts fragile family relationships. And I am aware that aspects of public functions like child support enforcement have been privatized in many states; I know this development has often resulted in prioritizing “revenue-maximization” over sound family policy.
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