Welfare | Noncustodial Fathers Should Not Be Required to Pay Child Support
John Smith argues in the following viewpoint that child support enforcement unfairly punishes unwed or divorced fathers, referred to as “noncustodial parents,” by subjecting them to invasion of privacy, loss of wages, and jail. Noncustodial parents should not have to repay the government for welfare services that a mother has received as a grant, often without the father’s knowledge or consent, in the author’s opinion. Smith is a research analyst with the Alliance for Non-Custodial Parents’ Rights, an organization upholding the rights of fathers in child support and family law...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Does Welfare Encourage Dependence?
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Chapter 2: Is Abuse of the Welfare System a Serious Problem?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Welfare Fraud Is Widespread
- Insufficient Welfare Benefits Encourage Fraud
- The Government Must Enforce Child Welfare Payments
- Noncustodial Fathers Should Not Be Required to Pay Child Support
- Refugees Deserve Welfare Assistance from the Government
- Refugees Should Be Discouraged from Accepting Welfare
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 3: Can Private Efforts Replace the Welfare System?
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Chapter 4: How Should Welfare Be Reformed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The Government Should Discourage Welfare Dependency
- Welfare Recipients Need More Government Assistance
- Work Requirements and Government Subsidies Will Reduce Poverty
- Work Requirements Harm Poor Mothers
- Welfare Policies Should Discourage Out-of-Wedlock Births
- Welfare Policies Should Not Promote Marriage
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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