Child support

[MartinKulldorff]

Mathematically Flawed Child Support Guidelines

Current child support guidelines have serious logical design flaws that sometimes generate child support amounts that paradoxically “starve” rather than “feed” children. They often make it impossible for single parents to properly care for their children, forcing some parents into perpetual debt and incarceration. For examples: Despite 50/50 shared parenting, the paying parent can end up with less disposable income than the recipient parent. A father with two children with different mothers ca…