Less Than Half of U.S. Parents With Child Custody Get Funds
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Deadbeat parents left a trail of hardship in 2015.
Less than half of parents holding child custody -- 43.5 percent -- received the full amount of child support due that year, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. Meanwhile, three in 10 custodial parents received no payment at all in 2015 - the highest amount since at least 1993.