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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A state office says child support payments drawn from unemployment checks have increased 185 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared to last year.
The state Office of Recovery Services data also shows the amount it collected from unemployment checks increased 135 percent in the first quarter of the year compared to last year.
The garnishments from unemployment checks may not cover full child support obligations in some cases, which means some custodial parents may not get all they are owed and noncustodial parents may accrue back-due support payments.
Still, Tracy Graham, state director of Child Support Services, says collections in Utah appear to be flat. The state Office of Recovery Services will collect about $173 million in child support this year, about the same amount it took in last year.
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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune
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