According to CBS, more than 30% of child support payments are evaded altogether, and less than half of all child support payments are paid in full.
Financial troubles are commonplace for single parents, making the need for child support even direr. Oftentimes, custodial parents find themselves unable to go to court to fight for the child support they were promised.
The poverty rate for custodial-mother families was more than 29% in 2015, versus about 17% for custodial-father families.
Source: CBS, Census Bureau