by John Clapp | Apr 13, 2017 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
This is an important conference, with a stellar international group of researchers on shared parenting. With this conference, shared parenting has gone mainstream, much as the civil rights and gay marriage movements did in another time. Shared Parenting Research: A...
by John Clapp | Jul 19, 2016 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
Unrealistic child support is a root cause of escalating violence between police and black men. Vicki Turetsky, Commissioner of the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement says: “One third of young black men will serve time before they are 35 years old…. Many of...
by John Clapp | Dec 5, 2015 | Best Interests of the Child
The federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) has proposed that states revise unrealistically high child support guidelines. Details are at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/css OCSE proposes to update Federal regulations in § 302.56 that address State...
by John Clapp | Apr 28, 2015 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
Over 2% of the US population is in jail, and many are low income parents who got behind on excessive child support orders, according to a New York Times article. For example, in Georgia, one in eight inmates is there because of unrealistic child support ordered from...
by John Clapp | Sep 21, 2014 | Best Interests of the Child
Connecticut’s Commission for Child Support Guidelines has been meeting for over four years without seriously considering this issue or even proposing any revision to the Guidelines. They have ignored substantial evidence showing that Guidelines should be revised to...