'It's Not Really Going to Support My Children': The Fight to Keep Child Support in the Family
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Thomas Lam Jr. stands with his daughters. Aryanna, 10, and Rhiannan, 5, outside his Vallejo home. Lam owed $6,000 in child support debt but the money was going to the government, not his girls.
( Marisa Lagos/KQED )
( Marisa Lagos/KQED )