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According to Sherri Z. Heller, Ed. D, Commissioner of U. S. Office of Child Support Enforcement, the child support system collects " about 58 % of current support due.

" The US Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 68 % of child support cases had arrearages owed in 2003 ( a figure up from 53 % in 1999-however this information is based on data supplied only by the custodial parent so it be viewed with extreme doubt ).

Some believe that the process can never collect the full amount because a high proportion of obligors are unable to make the required payments.

According to Ford Foundation Project Officer Ronald B. Mincy, between 16 percent and 33 percent of obligors are " turnip dads " ( obligors earning less than $ 130 a week ).

According to one study 38 % of non-custodial parents not paying child-support said they lacked the money to pay.