Parent Tips
For all the dads not living with their children
For all the dads out there and with credit to author William C. Klatt (live away dads) And please remember that being a father is not something you are. It is something you do. A pledge to myself I will lose a battle to win a "war" I...
Most child support debt is owed by parents who cannot pay
The following excerpts are from Vicki Turetsky, Federal Commissioner, Office of Child Support Enforcement: “Most child support debt is owed by parents who do not have sufficient income to fully pay their child support orders. Most...
Florida strongly encourages shared parenting
“There is no such term as “custody” in the Florida Statutes nor is there a primary or secondary residential parent designation in the Florida Statutes. In Florida, both parents have “time-sharing” with their children. The court will...
Massachusetts Senate fails to pass shared parenting
A shared parenting bill passed the MA house in July 2016, but failed in the Senate. The key sentence supporting shared parenting: "The general court finds that every child in the commonwealth has the right to a safe, healthy and...
Reduce Family Court Conflict by Reducing the Amount of Money at Issue
When there is a lot of money at issue in divorce court, parents have reason to hire lawyers and then get locked into expensive court battles. High conflict in court can be reduced by reducing unrealistically high child support...
Unrealistic Child Support is a Root Cause of Shootings
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...
Gwyneth Paltrow on divorce: “the children are our commitment.”
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...
Child support guidelines are 200%-400% too high
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...
Three Ways Child Support Tears Families Apart
… 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....