Child Support

Leving team frees duped dad from paying child support for another man’s child

By Suburban Chicagoland, 04/28/2024 “…The Leving legal team won an important case for a man who was ordered to pay child support for a little girl who was not even his biological child. The client and the mother were never married…” Read the entire article: https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2024/04/26/leving-team-frees-duped-dad-from-paying-child-support-for-another-mans-child/

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Bill allowing joint custody after divorce clears Japan’s Lower House

By The Japan Times, 04/16/2024 “…Under the current Civil Code, only one parent can take custody of a child after a divorce. But with the introduction of joint custody, parents will be able to decide, through a mutual agreement, whether to share custody or not…” Read the entire article: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/16/japan/society/lower-house-joint-custody/

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SC group pleads for children’s rights in Family Divorce Courts

By Myrtle Beach SC, 05/01/2024 “… In South Carolina, the day before a parent signs a decree of divorce, the child has equal access to both parents. One day after, he or she does not. Last night, Mark Ludwig, the founder of AFESP.com held a meeting in Columbia, S.C. to honor locals and S.C. legislators

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Children and Divorce: The 3 Big Questions

By Psychology today, 01/19/2024 “…In the first two years, kids whose parents divorce are more likely than others to experience distress, anger, anxiety, and academic problems and to participate in disruptive behaviors, substance use, and other forms of risk-taking…” Read the entire article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/going-beyond-intelligence/202401/children-and-divorce-the-3-big-questions

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Eddie Murphy ‘agrees to pay Mel B extra $10,000 child support’ for 15-year-old daughter after singer’s income ‘dramatically reduced’

By Metro, 10/08/2022 “…It is reported that the actor will now pay $35k (£31.5k) in monthly child support to Mel, which is an increase of $10k (£9k) from what he was previously paying. Up until now, Murphy has paid $25k (£21k), which totals $300k (£270k) a year, an arrangement which was put in place following

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Republicans launch bill that would require fathers to pay child support to unborn babies: Senator says legislation would make it possible for mother to get back pay from as early as conception

By Daily Mail, 07/18/2022 “…Under the bill, mothers would be able to request child support from the moment of conception and would even be able to collect the payments retroactively if paternity was not established until birth…” Read the entire article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11025857/Republicans-launch-bill-require-fathers-pay-child-support-unborn-babies.html

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Using Procedural Justice to Reform Driver’s License Suspension in Minnesota

By ACF, 08/01/2022 “… Suspension is a required enforcement tool for collecting past-due child support, but current laws, policies, and practices are not effective for many noncustodial parents. In fact, it may do more harm than good…” Read the entire article: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/newsletter/ocsenewsletter/august-2022-child-support-report#PJAC  

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New bill could allow mothers to receive child support before the child is born

By Vicksburg Daily News, 07/17/2022 “…U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith cosponsored the Unborn Child Support Act on Wednesday which would give pregnant women the ability receive child support payments while they are with-child…” Read the entire article: https://vicksburgnews.com/new-bill-could-allow-mothers-to-receive-child-support-before-the-child-is-born/  

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Learning from the United States’ Painful History of Child Support

By American Progress, 06/17/2022 “… In order to create an approach to child support that truly increases children’s economic stability, the federal and state governments must move beyond this backlash…policymakers must consider the history of the child support program and how best to ensure that it helps, not harms, families…” Read the entire article: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/learning-from-the-united-states-painful-history-of-child-support/

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Canadian Bar Association recommends simplified Child Support Guidelines

By Canadian Lawyer Mag, 05/10/2022 “…In a letter to Justice Canada dated April 22, 2022, the CBA’s family law section recommended a presumption that each parent pays support to the other under the table amount for their income in cases of shared parenting, with room for the parties to rebut the presumption where it would

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