At least in Oklahoma, child support laws encourage marriage: I had a friend that ended up paying child support for about six to eight years for a kid that alway

At least in Oklahoma, child support laws encourage marriage: I had a friend that ended up paying child support for about six to eight years for a kid that always lived with him. The reason is because his partner got emergency food stamps for a week while he was out of the state taking care of his sick mother. He later married her (though they were living together even before the kid), but was still having his wages garnished for something called “child support”.