Nebraskans, not state, will get child support

Katie Nungesser had stretched her monthly welfare check to its limit. The $281 paid for her cell phone bill, infant daughter’s diapers and car insurance, but she couldn’t afford enough gas to drive nearly five hours for her kid’s weekend visit with her ex-husband.

How could she not have enough money when he was paying child support, her ex-husband asked.

“Wait,” Nungesser remembers thinking, “what child support?”