2013. 12. 9. · The child support system should be improved, not reformed to lower child support payments. In 2009, over $100 billion was owed in unpaid child support and nearly half of that to taxpayers supporting their children on public assistance. When custodial mothers don’t receive child support payments, they end up receiving public assistance. 2013. 12. 9. · The child support system should be improved, not reformed to lower child support payments. In 2009, over $100 billion was owed in unpaid child support and nearly half of that to taxpayers supporting their children on public assistance. When custodial mothers don’t receive child support payments, they end up receiving public assistance.