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Article: More moms made to pay child support Changes in gender roles
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 4, 2004
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More moms made to pay child support
Changes in gender roles, laws are behind shift
By MEGAN TWOHEY mtwohey@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
A single mother in Milwaukee who had spent years raising her son
without the financial support of his father gasped when informed that
she would be required to pay child support.
News of the order came soon after the woman had agreed to allow
the father to care for the son Mondays through Fridays and had
forgiven him the thousands of dollars he owed her in child support.
"Her response was, 'How can he do this to me?' " said Lisa Marks,
deputy director of the Milwaukee County Department of Child Support
Enforcement.
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