Northwest Herald | $3B owed to Illinois children

Non-custodial parents owe Illinois children $3 billion in back child support, and the state is losing ground in collection

among its clients, 57 percent of the non-custodial parents have no income and 28 percent have reported income of less than $30,000 annually.

collection rate did improve in 2009, reaching 58.03 percent, but slipped last year to 57.85 percent. The state eventually would like to exceed the national average of 61.9 percent,

number of Illinois parents asking courts to lower the amount of child support they must pay has nearly tripled in recent years. The Sun-Times reported that the number increased from 4,219 in 2006 to 12,629 last year.

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