Did you know that anyone who has custody or guardianship of an individual who is getting any kind of support payment has the power to decide how to spend the money with no guidelines given (i.e. it must be used directly for the guarded individual's welfare)? Even an adult unrelated to a child who has guardianship for that child has that right. I was amazed that there are no guidelines or requirements on how the money is spent.
(Caveat: I'm not sure that is true in every state, but from what I was reading, it appears to be the case in most states.)
Back in the 1980s my Mom had to keep a log of the SS money for my underage sister and report to a federal social worker on how it was spent. They got rid of all that. You can imagine how fraud must have increased.
Child support with no fault divorce turned into a privatized welfare for middle class that encouraged single Mom hood, now considered hero's by compassionate conservatives like GWB (an reelection strategy.)
The part that is frightening is the secret family courts that throw men in jail with no trial for not paying their girlfriends lawyer fees. I rile up freepers here by comparing them with Islamic justice.