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The pitfalls of using a child support schedule based on outdated data.(child support guidelines)
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Family Economics and Nutrition Review
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March 22, 2004
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- Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen; Rodgers, William M., III
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A strong rationale for updating child support guidelines arises from changes over time in the measurement of expenditures on children, as well as from changes in the empirical relationship between expenditures on children and the income of parents. Such changes affect the accuracy of the numerics upon which States' child support guidelines are based. This study evaluated an alternative child support guideline that was proposed for Virginia and drew lessons for other States that similarly base their guidelines on older survey data. Regression results showed that, over time, the child expenditure and household income relationship has changed considerably. Furthermore, the largest increases ...
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Bill would overhaul child support rules; Proposed changes could cut...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
February 20, 2004 ;
Hopfensperger, Jean;
528 words
......Staff Writer Minnesota's child support guidelines, which determine payments...judges to deviate from the child support guidelines if they would result in...the provisions make the child support guidelines more fair and equitable...
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STATE RETHINKS CHILD SUPPORT FORMULA HIGH-INCOME FATHERS CALL POLICY...
The Boston Globe;
July 29, 2001 ;
Kathleen Burge, Globe Correspondent;
787 words
......goes to child support to his son...review of child support guidelines - formulas...write hefty child support checks, this...calculating child support? "There is...considered state child support guidelines for one child...
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Move made toward new child support rules.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
March 5, 2004 ;
Hopfensperger, Jean;
436 words
......overhauling Minnesota's child support guidelines Thursday night, passing...Everyone, it seemed, wanted child support guidelines changed, but didn't necessarily...bill would revamp the way child support guidelines are set in Minnesota...
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KANSAS CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE SURVEYING PUBLIC ON...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
January 23, 2007 ;
352 words
......news release: The Kansas Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee is...part of a review of the child support guidelines used by Kansas judges...interests of the children. The child support guidelines review is currently underway...
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Faulty Guidelines Reduce Child Support
Atlanta Inquirer;
June 30, 2001 ;
Stanley, D.L.;
551 words
......numerous flaws in the state's child support guidelines. To begin with, he says...presumption." Presumptive child support guidelines were enacted by the states...economic foundation. Today's child support guidelines, as implemented, are based...
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Getting the order right: child support guidelines and the cost of raising...
The Review of Policy Research;
May 1, 2006 ;
Beld, Jo Michelle;
787 words
......costs embedded in state child support guidelines in light of the policy...policy purposes of state child support guidelines, and may improve the extent...Cost Estimates Matter The child support guidelines provisions of the 1988...
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FORMULA SETS CHILD SUPPORT.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);
March 10, 1997 ;
323 words
......is behind on his child support, and he now wants...this affect the child support he has been ordered...what about the back child support he still owes? Answer...has adopted the Child Support Guidelines, which calculate...account the financial support each ...
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Utah urged to raise child-support payments
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);
October 17, 2003 ;
Jerry Spangler Deseret Morning News;
429 words
......On Wednesday, the Utah Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee made...approaches to determining child- support guidelines. But one approach, she...benefit financially if child support guidelines are raised across the...
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Income not only child-support factor, expert says.
Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL);
September 30, 2007 ;
747 words
......committee looking to revise child-support guidelines said parents who object...Advisory Committee on Child Support Guidelines and Enforcement on Sept...is really the Alabama Child Support Guidelines or rather other issues...
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[ Committee on child support to hear public testimony ]
The Topeka Capital-Journal;
August 1, 2001 ;
Capital-Journal;
216 words
......Supreme Court, through its Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee, is...interests of the child. The Child Support Guidelines Committee is holding a...Kansas Supreme Court's Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee, Room...
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PANEL STUDIES PROPOSAL TO ALTER CHILD-SUPPORT FORMULA
The Boston Globe;
November 6, 1988 ;
304 words
......would share the cost of child support with the noncustodial...and human services. Child support payments are now solely...noncustodial parent under child support guidelines set by the state Legislature...children -- to be paid for child support. The committee, ...
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Child support contract questioned; Low bidder served time for not paying
Concord Monitor;
January 24, 2006 ;
MEG HECKMAN; Monitor staff;
658 words
......to hire a child- support consultant...20-year-old child support guidelines and need an...states rewrite child support statutes...Commission to Study Child Support and Related...deal with child support and custody...
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State child support panel considers expedited process
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);
August 18, 2007 ;
Devin Felix Deseret Morning News;
327 words
...The state Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee...for dealing with child-support changes when one...would apply only to child support and would not include...issues related to child support. The group includes...
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BOOKS AND REFERENCES: Child Support
Legal Publisher;
August 31, 1996 ;
113 words
...Child Support Guidelines: Interpretation and Application...on interpreting and applying child support guidelines in all 50 states. It reflects...testimony in accordance with state child support guidelines. It includes summaries of guidelines...
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Child-support awards almost always modifiable.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
July 24, 2000 ;
Warner, Jan Collins, Jan;
636 words
......support mandated by a state's child support guidelines, that parent can petition the...law required the development of child support guidelines in each state, prior to 1990, child support guidelines were initially applied to welfare...
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