Abstract
This article examines the potential for increasing child support among children born outside of marriage. A description of the process from birth to paternity adjudication to receiving awards and payments is presented, along with data suggesting that only a small portion of women currently establish paternity in the courts. Analyses of determinants of awards and payments among court cases are also reported. The prospects for obtaining limited amounts of support are high and are based on the father's ability to pay and the court's use of enforcement reforms. These findings are consistent with policies to increase paternity cases and to adopt child-support reforms.
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