In an interview with Gothamist, former Her Justice client Humu Yansané shares how a years-long battle for child support put a slow drain on her finances and her energy.
“About three years after she filed her petition, Yansané was working full time and paying off the debt to her landlord when she received a final order for child support. ‘It was a mixed bag of emotions,’ she said. ‘I was so thankful. But it came with such a cost.’”
Her Justice’s latest report, Inside Family Court: An Analysis of New York State Child Support Data, offers a look into statewide court data and cases like Yansané’s — informing court improvements, legislative reforms, and investments to make the child support system work better for New Yorkers.
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