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 | 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....
by John Clapp | Aug 8, 2015 | Best Interests of the Child
Leana Wen, the dynamic health commissioner of Baltimore says about “Safe Streets”, a group working to end street violence in Baltimore: “Initially when I was meeting with Safe Streets, I said, ‘What is the one type of support we can help you with?’...
by John Clapp | Apr 23, 2015 | Best Interests of the Child, Shared Parenting Tips
Kimberly Seals Allers writes in the New York Times about “redefining what child support really is, for our family .” She recently petitioned the Family Court in Queens to forgive over $38,000 that her ex-husband owed in child support. Ms. Allers writes: “My...