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Why is only one parent presumed to be competent to make spending decisions on behalf of children?
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...
Government Agencies Deal with Excessive Child Support Orders
On Friday, June 27, 2014, Connecticut's Department of Social Services (DSS) sponsored a one-day conference. This conference focused on the relationship between child support and effective parenting. It emphasized the importance of...
Are child support orders unreasonably high?
A 2013 economic study by Sarro and Rogers provides some new thinking and new data. See: Mark A. Sarro and R. Mark Rogers, “Economic Review of the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines,” submitted to the Massachusetts Child Support...
Why Connecticut’s Child Support Commission is split and implications for shared parenting
The Commission has split on the issue of unreasonably high child support guidelines and its implications for parental involvement with their children. This split is particularly relevant in light of the Massachusetts shared parenting...
Connecticut’s legislature votes no confidence in the family court system
On Friday, April 25, 2014, both houses of Connecticut’s legislature unanimously approved a bill that restricts judges in family court matters. Parent who have been unfairly denied access to their children and bankrupted by the court...
Testify for Shared Parenting, GAL Reform and Alimony Reform on Monday, March 31
When: Monday March 31, preferably near 8am, but any time after that is OK. Between 8am and 10am you sign up for a lottery number. After that you sign at the bottom of the list of speakers. Expect to compete with many people...
Testimony in Hartford supports presumed shared parenting – click for shared parenting plans
Over 50 people attended a hearing of Connecticut's Custody Task Force at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Thursday, January 9, 2014. Almost all spoke in favor of the presumption of shared parenting as a starting point. If...
Child Support Guidelines should recognize shared parenting. Testify to improve the lives of children in Connecticut.
Hearings on 9/17 and 9/24. See below for details. Suggested testimony: child support guidelines should recognize shared parenting • Tell your own story, or the story of those you know, about a noncustodial (also known as...
Child support guidelines should empower both parents
Connecticut's Child Support Guidelines need to empower both parents to maintain households and pay for expenses associated with child rearing. The term “empower” is important, since they benefit from seeing parents who have...