Child Support

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 […]

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

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  

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/  

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/

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

By Matt Hancock – Courier-Journal, 03/25/2022 “… Last year, Kentucky passed a much-needed child support reform bill making it was just one of four states earning an A- or higher grade from the National Parents Organization.  The new law removed a 1.5 multiplier, which is often called the “Shared Parenting Penalty Multiplier,” that randomly inflated

By Matt Hancock – Courier-Journal, 02/09/2022 “…One of the biggest reforms is the removal of the 1.5 multiplier also known as the “shared parenting penalty multiplier.” Before, child support in shared parenting situations was calculated by combining both parents’ obligations…” Read the entire article: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2022/02/09/opinion-helpful-changes-coming-to-kentuckys-child-support-system/6703020001/

By WKRC  06/17/2021 “…When it comes to deciding whether a sperm donor should pay child support, a judge should follow the paternity laws of the state where the child is conceived, a North Carolina appeals court ruled this week…” Read the entire article: https://local12.com/news/nation-world/court-voids-ruling-that-sperm-donor-must-pay-child-support-06-17-2021-201433863  

By Forbes 05/21/2021 “…“With the Child Support Hustle I wanted to educate people on how unconstitutional the system was against non-custodial parents, as debtor’s prison was abolished over 100 years ago…” Read the entire article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/gingergentile/2021/05/21/the-states-child-support-hustle/?sh=665ae8063a0b