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 | 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...
by John Clapp | Mar 19, 2015 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
By Linda J. Gottlieb Kase, LMFT, LCSW-r March 18, 2015 Research Observation: Despite the abuse and neglect suffered by the 3000 foster care children who had been under my care, it was extremely uncommon for those children to refuse contact with a parent—even with an...
by John Clapp | Mar 14, 2015 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
The SPC advocates amendments to Connecticut’s HB 5505 to reduce conflict by giving each parent an incentive to support the other parents. This implements CT’s 2005 law – other states (MA, MD and others) are implementing shared parenting. Here are the...
