Virginia has a child support guideline that already creates stark living
standard
disparities between post-divorce custodial and noncustodial homes. Any
bills in the General
Assembly that seek to increase the flow of money from noncustodials to
custodials will have
the real-life effect of making dramatic differences between homes WORSE AND
WORSE.
Children are entitled to similar levels of comfort in both homes, and should
not be
subjected to having a bed in one home and a sleeping bag on the floor in the
other, a square meal
four nights a week, inadequate nourishment for the other three.
A vote to raise child support and further exacerbate already lopsided home
conditions is a
vote to mentally abuse children, who are the ones who suffer the effects of
laws that do not
take reality into account. There is virtually no evidence whatsoever that
Virginia's
current guideline is inadequate.
If the real intention of the Virginia General Assembly is to marginalize
visitation homes,
it is contrary to existing Virginia law that guarantees ample contact with both
parents
after divorce. It is a disgusting, child-abusing agenda.