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 | 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....