Family support arrears across Canada

Theyre commonly called deadbeats people who refuse to support their families after courts order them to pay and CBC has learned they owe more than $3.7 billion across the country for support orders.

Nearly two thirds of all support orders in Canada are in arrears, and in Ontario that number jumps to 80 per cent. Experts and recipients say there arent enough staff to do an adequate job of monitoring the nearly half a million open files across the country.

• 'Deadbeats' across Canada owe more than $3.7B in support

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