She helped reform the juvenile justice system and pursued delinquent fathers for child support payments and established the Miami Drug Court.

In Connecticut they are called family-support magistrates, and they recently received authority to incarcerate delinquent fathers.

This fall, however, a new jail will open with room for delinquent fathers, something officials think will push more fathers to seek work more aggressively.

Hidden cameras capture chilling meetings between delinquent fathers and the children who have been left behind.

A statewide sweep to collect millions of dollars in overdue child support payments today netted more than 400 delinquent fathers and mothers owing nearly $2 million.

The event has one other effect: it brings back Jimmy (Robert Carlyle), the delinquent father of Shirley's child.

"He thinks he's still a judge and we're a couple of delinquent fathers, don't you think?"

The measures now available for use against "delinquent" fathers are a step in the direction of protecting vulnerable children.

They wove through crowds of litigants-paternity defendants, delinquent fathers, kids in trouble-and their lawyers huddled in small packs along the hallway.

The effort to collect child support, largely aimed at delinquent fathers, has been waged on many fronts.