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California's Child Support: Where is the Money Really Going?

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Thomas Lam Jr. stands with his daughters. Aryanna, 10, and Rhiannan, 5, outside his Vallejo home. Lam owed $6,000 in child support debt but the money was going to the government, not his girls.  (Marisa Lagos/KQED News)

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California's Child Support: Where is the Money Really Going?

It turns out that a majority of the money California parents pay in child support doesn't actually go to the children, it goes to the government. Studies show that 70 percent of child support debt in California is owed to the government and the majority of parents paying child support make less than 10,000 dollars a year.
Reporter: Marisa Lagos 

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