Such a strategy would boost the Child Support Agency's motivation totrack down "dead-beat dads" who neglect to make payments, according tothe researchers Professor Ian Walker and Dr Yu Zhu.
"Where fathers fail to pay a Child Support Agency assessment, the ChildSupport Agency itself should simply pay mothers the amount due," thereport said. "This would create a sharp financial incentive for theChild Support Agency itself to be more active in pinning downrecalcitrant fathers."
The report added that if the Child Support Agency could be made to workmore effectively, mothers would be more able to leave bad relationships,while high potential child-support liabilities would make dads "thinktwice" before leaving.
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