deadbeat dads
Child support evaders
Deadbeat dads are fathers who fail to pay court-ordered child support or otherwise neglect their financial responsibilities to their children.
The term is strongly pejorative, implying not just inability but unwillingness to provide: The state launched a crackdown on deadbeat dads.
Sometimes extended to deadbeat parents or deadbeat moms.
- absenteeOne not in attendance
- fathersMale parents collectively
- walked outExited abruptly in protest
- nonpayerOne who withholds payment
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
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