by John Clapp | Jul 4, 2016 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
Gwyneth Paltrow says co-parenting with ex Chris Martin has been “hard” but that they have made their two their priority and commitment and have remained friends since their split. The 42-year-old Oscar winner, who shares daughter Apple, 11, and Moses, 9,...
by John Clapp | Mar 25, 2016 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
A University of California professor shows that child support guidelines are 200%-400% higher than the real cost of raising children. The study is based on thousands of households and it compares expenditures of families with 1, 2 and 3 children with those with no...
by John Clapp | Jan 9, 2016 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
Connecticut’s Judicial Branch is seeking written public comment on its draft report to Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers. Written comments will be accepted on or before Tuesday, January 12, 2016. The comments may be e-mailed to external.affairs@jud.ct.gov or mailed...
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 | Nov 17, 2015 | Best Interests of the Child
There is new evidence of the damage caused by unrealistic child support orders. A Washington Post article on Nov 15, 2015 says: “Of the 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, about half are parents, and at least 1 in 5 has a child support obligation....
by John Clapp | Oct 6, 2015 | Best Interests of the Child
A Hartford Courant article (October 6, 2015, p A1) quotes a parent as saying that this “is the worst possible experience a father and mother could have. Your children are alive, you know where they are, but you can’t see them.” This describes very...
