by John Clapp | Apr 29, 2017 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
The National Parents Organization (NPO.org) is sponsoring a group of experts on shared parenting. Some highlights from the NPO website, http://npo-icsp2017.org/ : Research suggests that fully half of troubled children and adolescents derive from conflicted, separated...
by John Clapp | Nov 20, 2016 | Best Interests of the Child
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 debt is held by parents with less...
by John Clapp | Aug 3, 2016 | Shared Parenting Tips
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 orders. Massachusetts took steps in this...
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...
