Summary: <p>Did you know one in five children in the US lives in a household with child support? Today, we’ll learn and get answers from Adjunct Professor and Chancellor for the Twentieth Chancery District, Place 2 Judge Troy Odum about child support in Mississippi.</p><p><br></p><ul> <li>In 2018, 14.7 million children lived in households receiving child support payments, about 1 in 5 children in the US, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. </li> <li>The median child support amount received was $1,800 About 30% of parents who are owed child support payments get nothing, according to data from the Census Bureau.</li> <li>In 2017[1], the 5.4 million parents who were owed child support payments received 62% of the amount they were supposed to get, on average.</li> </ul><p><a href="https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-child-support-do-parents-actually-receive/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-child-support-do-parents-actually-receive/</a></p><br><p>If you would like to learn more about child support, head to the Mississippi Heath and Human Services website: <a href="https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/child-support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/child-support/</a> </p><p><br></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
