John Smith

John Smith argues in the following viewpoint that child support enforcement unfairly punishes unwed or divorced fathers, referred to as “noncustodial parents,” by subjecting them to invasion of privacy, loss of wages, and jail. Noncustodial parents should not have to repay the government for welfare services that a mother has received as a grant, often without the father’s knowledge or consent, in the author’s opinion. Smith is a research analyst with the Alliance for Non-Custodial Parents’ Rights, an organization upholding the rights of fathers in child support and family law matters.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Smith, in what manner does the government's enforcement of child support laws invade the privacy of noncustodial parents?
2. What happens to...