VA Family Law Reform Coalition

 

Child Support General Analysis

 

 

  • Child Support Guidelines and Equalization of  Living Standards, by Sanford L. Braver Ph.D & David Stockburger, Ph.D.  PDF

 

  • Improving State Child Support Guidelines, By Donald J. Bieniewicz. PDF

    This paper is in response to a written request from Joseph S. Crane, Chairman, 1999 Virginia Child Support Quadrennial Review Panel, for a submission setting forth the author's method and suggestions for guidelines for determining child support amounts. The author was an appointed member of an expert panel that provided advice on the general nature of the research and made recommendations that appeared in Evaluation of Child Support Guidelines, prepared by CSR, Inc, for the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) in 1996. He is also author of a model child support guideline that appeared as Chapter 11 in Child Support Guidelines: the Next Generation, which was published by the OCSE in 1994.

  • Child Support at a Crossroads: When the Real World Intrudes Upon Academics and Advocates, by Ronald K. Henry, Family Law Quarterly, Spring 1999, pp. 235-264. HTML

  • The Father of Today's Child Support Public Policy, His Personal Exploitation of the System, and the Fallacy of His "Income Shares" Model, by James R. Johnston, August 1998. MSWord.

  • Recommendations for Modification of Child Support Guidelines and Reform of their Use Corresponding to the Views of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, by Jay H. Todd, Jr. and Roger F. Gay and Jay H. Todd. 16 pages. MSWord or PDF

  • Low-Income, Non-Residential Fathers: Off-Balance in a Competitive Economy, In Initial Analysis, By Kathryn Edin, Laura Lein, Timothy Nelson, September 28, 1998. HTML.

  • The Child Support Guideline Problem, By Roger F. Gay MSc. and Gregory Palumbo, Ph.D. HTML

  • The Solution to the Child Support Guideline Problem, By Roger F. Gay. PDF or MSWord 6 .

  • New Equations for Calculating Child Support and Spousal Maintenance, With Discussion on Child Support Guidelines, Roger Gay [1994]. PDF, Wordperfect 6.0, Wordperfect 5.1, and MSWord 6.0 .

  • Women in the United States: A Profile, U.S. Department of Census [1995]. PDF

    Most single-female custodial parents have child support awards.
  • Noncustodial Fathers: Can They Afford to Pay More Child Support? by Elaine Sorenson, the Urban Institute. HTML

  • Smith v. Smith. Oregon Supreme Court opinion, limiting child support guidelines designed for welfare cases to welfare cases. MSWord
    Also, stated that child support should not be so burdensome as to deny the obligor the ability to meet basic living needs. Smith v. Smith, 626 P2d 342, (No. 71-3146, CA 16098, SC 27080) Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc, Argued and submitted Sept. 8, 1980. Decided March 24, 1981

  • Presentation to the Senate Committee on Child Support Guidelines, Written Brief, April, 1998, by Karen Selick, CANADA. HTML
    A brief but soundly written critical evaluation by a practicing attorney of the underlying philosophy of Canada's child support guidelines. Commentary is applicable to guidelines in the U.S. and other countries.

  • Child Support — The View from Mars, by Karen Selick, attorney. HTML

 

  • The Multiple Scandals of Child Support PDF