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...
by John Clapp | Sep 21, 2014 | Best Interests of the Child
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 Guidelines should be revised to...