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Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A Gaffney woman has been sentenced to eight months in prison for stealing more than $60,000 in child support from a Cherokee County fund.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  A sperm donor in Kansas is fighting a state effort to force him to pay child support for a child conceived through artificial insemination by a lesbian couple.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012  The South Carolina Supreme Court has changed its mind and decided that in some cases, divorced parents who pay child support may also have to pay for their children's college education.

Friday, March 26, 2010  South Carolina is nearing completion of a centralized computer system to help track deadbeat parents and enforce child support payments, 22 years after federal law required it.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010  Lexington County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 55 year-old man for failure to make court-ordered child support payments totaling $104,000.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010  Timothy Washington has hundreds of receipts and bank statements that he’s kept to prove he is a good father.

Friday, June 12, 2009  A Columbia man who was wanted on a family court bench warrant has been arrested after he did not make court-ordered child support payments totaling $18,193.

Thursday, May 28, 2009  More than 30 persons who were wanted on family court bench warrants that were issued after the persons did not make court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County turned themselves in on the warrants on Wednesday, May 27 during the third annual Family Court Amnesty Day that the Lexington County Sheriff's Department and Lexington County Clerk of Court's Office conducted at the Marc H. Westbrook Lexington County Judicial Center.

Saturday, April 18, 2009  A man is in jail after officers say he failed to pay child support.

Thursday, April 09, 2009  A 37 year old mother has been arrested for not paying her child support.