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 | Feb 27, 2016 | Shared Parenting Tips
… instead of achieving its intended objective of ensuring adequate support for children. “The system creates debtors prisons because the payments are excessive for low income obligors and payments do not stop during unemployment. Excessive support orders...
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 | Aug 8, 2015 | Shared Parenting Tips
Audie Cornish used the term “deadbeat dads” three times in a recent article. She is right that excessive child support is at the root of a lot of crime and illegal street trafficking, but she hasn’t done good research on excessive child support...
by John Clapp | Jun 1, 2015 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
The Economist, a highly respected weekly news magazine reports that “Chaildren whose fathers take even short spells of paternity leave do better (May 16th, 2015, p 54).” The Economist article covers parental leave policies – and the trend towards parental leave for...
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...
