Does Debt settlement or Bankruptcy work for Child support debt in West Virginia?

in reduced , i have been divorced for the year , my credit is OBLITERATED to remains , we am up to my hairline in debt , together with kid await , that i have not been means to compensate since of stagnation – we am deliberation Debt allocation or failure , that would be better? If some answers greatfully word it in "for dummies" conditions – landowner lingo confuses me:-P