Deadbeat parent is an American English term, generally used pejoratively, for a parent who fails to fulfill their parental responsibilities, particularly by evading court-ordered child support obligations or custody arrangements. Such parents are also referred to as absentee fathers or mothers, and the gender-specific terms deadbeat father and deadbeat mother describe a parent who has intentionally failed to pay child support ordered by a family law court or a statutory child support agency. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Deadbeat parent is an American English pejorative term referring to parents who do not fulfill their parental responsibilities, especially when they evade court-ordered child support obligations or custody arrangements.
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Deadbeat parent is an American English pejorative term referring to parents who do not fulfill their parental responsibilities, especially when they evade court-ordered child support obligations or custody arrangements.
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