Why are private child support enforcement agencies necessary?
The increasing number of non-custodial parents who deliberately avoid their responsibilities to their families is a national concern. Today, more than $106 billion dollars in child support remains unpaid. Private child support enforcement agencies are an important part of the solution to this growing problem. Despite the government’s efforts, less than half of all parents who go to state enforcement agencies for help ever receive any of their court-ordered child support. Private enforcement agencies provide a critical option to families who have been unable to secure their child support payments. How many private agencies and individuals are involved in child support enforcement? Thousands of private attorneys and about 40 private enforcement agencies have joined in the effort to help collect child support and many have been successful in doing so, even in the toughest cases (source: U.S. General Accounting Office March 2002 Report). Whom do private agencies serve? Custodial parents co
