Child Support #2

Based on research, it was established that majority of the time in a custody case the child would end up going to the custodial parent, which for the most part is usually the mother. Eleanor E. MacCoby and Robert H. Mnookin (1992), social researcher of Stanford University studied 933 California families states "as they made post-separation arrangements for their children. Of the 53 cases in which both parents sought sole custody, the mother won 45 percent of time; the father, 11 percent. In more than a third of the contested cases, the outcome was joint physical custody" (.104).

Child Support

For those that have children will find that it is a huge responsibly to shoulder in the proper nurturing of them. The financial aspect of raising a child can be considerable. Sometimes a parent will find themselves in the unfortunate position of having to deal with paying child support and fighting for custody of their children. Having dealt with this myself, some of the evidences that will be provided throughout this blog will be based on this writer's personal experience with the courts. Although child support should be paid by the non-custodial parents, the excessively high payment decisions by the courts and the issue of custody are causing emotional and financial stress.

In today's society marriages and/or relationships do not seem to last long. If one takes a look at some of the advertisements that are in the news papers or even the phone books, we will see that one can get a divorce for as low as $195. For those unfortunate few that will have to grapple with this issue, will discover that their children are the unwilling participants that may be affected by this situation. This is when things have a tendency to get appalling for everybody concerned. The same couple that once adored each other dearly cannot seem to stand to be in the same room. The sad truth of the matter is, one or both parents will attempt to use the child against each other.

At some point the parents wiil come face-to-face with the Domestic Relations Judge concerning the amount of child support to be paid by the non-custodial parent. A system that should be fair in the way it administered the child support guideline does so without anyconcern for the person required to make the payments. The federal government guidelines require only that the states "take into consideration all earning and income of the non custodial parent" (Guidelines, par. c). For some reason it appears that the custodial parent is given preferential treatment inm these matters more often than the non custodial parent.

To be continued