http://dalrock.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/the-blurry-line-between-the-welfare-state-and-child-support

As many men have witnessed, child support isn't "all about the children" as many would have you believe, and in many ways it's just a way for the state to recoup costs from supporting single mothers. *The system is so broken that it can prevent money meant for supporting kids from ever reaching them. *