Earlier last month, the ever-controversial R. Kelly (Robert Kelly) was sent to jail because he owed approximately $161,000 in past due child support, showing that not even celebrities are above the law. According to CNN, on January 8, 2009, an Illinois court ordered R. Kelly to pay $20,833 in child support each month to his ex-wife, Andrea Kelly, for their three children. R. Kelly was later released from jail after his back due child support was paid in full by check from an anonymous source.

Child support is serious business. Raising children is not cheap. Typically, the parent receiving child support is the primary parent and must incur quite a bit of expenses to raise a child, such as day care, food, clothes and shoes, extracurricular activities, and entertainment. The costs can go on and on.