In the United States, each state receives money from the federal government to offset some of the expenses it incurs in processing paternity, spousal support and child support cases. It has been argued that this creates an incentive for each state to enforce larger than necessary support orders, since doing so creates a larger financial incentive for each state. However, as a matter of law, when the federal government mandates state action it is broadly required to reimburse the state for the cost of the required action. It has also been argued that a Defendant in a child support matter cannot get a fair trial due to the fact that the Courts have a financial interest in keeping child support orders higher than necessary. However, there has never been a showing that states have created or modified their child support formulas in such a manner, nor would doing so actually increase federal reimbursements.