State child support is an amount of money ordered by the court that a non-custodial parent has to pay to the custodial parent of his or her children. The amount differs depending upon the number of children the non-custodial and the custodial parent have together, the amount of money the non-custodial parent makes, whether or not he or she has to pay child support for any other children and more. The amount is then determined and the non-custodial parent is required to pay this amount each month. If the non-custodial parent refuses to pay or is default on the child support payments, he or she may be sentenced to jail time. The child support money may or may not go through the court or a third party before being given to the custodial parent in order to keep a record of what has been paid by the non-custodial parent.