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The Law Firm of Laurence P. Greenberg
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Any prospective litigant in a divorce who is also a parent necessarily will have to address very crucial and emotional issues.
The law in New York State regarding custody and visitation is based upon doing what is in the ‘best interests’ of the child. Although that might seem like a simple formulation, it often involves very complicated procedures in which a third person, such as the judge, will determine what is actually in the best interests of the child or children.
Our practice is limited to matrimonial and family law. Mr. Greenberg has been engaged in the private practice for over ten years in New York City, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester.
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Divorce Attorney Stann Givens talks about determining Child visitation rights. The law firm of Knox & Givens handles all Family Law matters including Divorce, Child Custody and Support, Visitation, Alimony, Property Division, Modifications and more in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida. You can contact Mr. Givens at www. FamilyLawFirmFlorida.com or 800-716-6206.
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San Bernardino Family Law Attorney Bill Edgar talks about visitation for the noncustodial parent. The Law Office of H. William Edgar handles divorce, child custody and support, spousal support, property division and many other issues that arise from a dissolution of marriage. You can contact Mr. Edgar at www.RiversideFamilyLawAttorneys.com or by calling (866) 902-5290.
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From a meeting with Utah State Senator Greg Bell. Child support is often thought of money spent in the child’s best interest. However, the unspoken truth is that child support is unaccounted funds given to the custodial parent and further used in a competition for federal bonus funds.
In the first half of the video, concerned citizen, Tony Curtis, questions whose interest is served by child support. Senator Bells attests that millions of dollars are tied to child support – the interest of the state. In the second half of the video a grown child of divorce testifies as to the need for more accountability.
One of the most discussed issues at the meeting was 50/50 equal parenting legislation. Senator Bell explained to attendees the difficulties with jumping immediately to a 50/50 parenting presumption from the legislative and practical points of view and was open to looking further into 50/50 equal parenting based on research and studies.
Transcript:
Audience member: The best interests of the child is what I want to talk about. When we discuss this issue of 50/50 custody what often comes up is the economic situation for mothers. That’s not talking about the best interests of the child then. You’ve switched from the best interests of the child now to the best interests of one parent. And what I would like to say about this is we really need to separate those two issues, because if it’s truly in the best interests of the child having involvement from both parents, then why are we messing with that because we’re concerned about economics for one parent?
Senator Bell: Well, you make a great point and if you and I were designing a new world that’s where we would start. But we’re not. We’re stuck with a system and I’m just saying that there’s no way you’re going to lop off hundreds of millions of Child support overnight or for even a three year ammortization. You know what I’m saying. It’s a huge economic and social shift and you know whether you and I and all the angels agree or not we’re not going to get the governor and 103 other people you know to move there overnight so ah you’re right. The interests of the child is not necesarily found with the child support cause the child support may or may not go to the best interest of the children.
Another audience member: Senator Bell, I am one of those children. My parents divorced in Montana. And my dad currently lives here in Utah. It was a very unfair situation and I’d like to see something on the legislature that puts parents in responsibility to that child support. I’d like to see a program like Horizontee cards for welfare that maybe we keep track of that child support so that we know it’s going for the children cause it’s not parental support, it’s child support. And my mom took the child support and didn’t use it to support me. My mom never gave me a college fund. She never made sure I had the tools to be a successful adult. I escaped from my mother from a very abusive situation at the age of 17. My dad had to continue paying child support till I was 19. And I didn’t live with my mom and I had no support from her. I would like to see something on the legislature that changes to where we do keep track of child support. My dad is currently $140,000… of what it goes towards, of what it’s spent on. Because the price of raising a child is not dependent on a percentage of a wage, it is a price, but shouldn’t we keep track of where that money goes so it’s not used for mommy when the children are gone, for her and the new husband to go away to Hawaii. That’s not a very useful use of that child support… and there’s parents trading there child support for drugs and all sorts of ridiculous things.
Just how much money is this hundreds of millions in child support?? According to the website of the Utah Office of Recovery Services, over $195.9 million was collected in fiscal year 2006. Of this amount over $23.4 million was distributed to the Utah Department of Health (as apposed to being distributed to recipient parents), and at least $6.3 million made it directly into the state’s general fund (as apposed to being distributed to recipient parents).
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http://www.gingerbread.org.uk
With a quarter of all families now supported by single parents, many find themselves struggling to find the right assistance and help that they need to deal with the difficulties and struggles of raising a child alone.
If you are a single parent struggling with low wages, stress or losing your home or job there are benefits and support programs in place that we can help you to find.
Gingerbread are an expert charity that support Single parents in need of a little help. We provide assistance in dealing with the difficulties, stress and desperate situations that being a single parent can sometimes bring to a disrupted family.
Benefits and support are available through both national and local government agencies but it can be hard to find. By contacting Gingerbread we can help you by providing you with simple help and advice on how best to find and use the benefits and support that are available to you.
Please call us on: 0800 018 5026
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