Deadbeat Dads Analysis

The phrase “termination of parental rights” can be the most frightening words a parent can hear. Fears of losing your child to “the system” can push a parent to work on his or her situation for the child.( FindLaw, Terminating parental rights, 2017) I agree with this policy reason being is that children shouldn’t be in any danger especially while in custody of their parents. I can’t understand how there are people that can’t get their act together for the safety of their children. How is it possible for a parent to not see the harm that their causing their children. In my opinion if I was going through a situation like that just the fear of losing my baby would drive me crazy and I would get my act together. I believe this policy will deter crime to an extent because no parent would want the system to take away their children.

Another problem is the fact that since the courts is not enforcing the parent to pay child support; the parent thinks that they can continue blowing it off and living their life as if nothing happened. Child support has been given a bad rep for as long as I can remember due to the fact that many people who are filed for it aren’t paying it the way they should be and it makes the parent who is actually caring for the child upset because they are left taking care of that child by themselves and left struggling.

In the article, "The Undercover Parent" by Harlan Coben, the author talks to the audience about why he thinks all parents should watch their children on the internet. Coben uses pathos more than anything else when trying to reach out to his readers. Coben uses some tactics to get the reader to trust what he says. One specific tactic is that he acknowledges the reader's feelings. He also manipulates the reader by reducing the negative feelings that they have when they read this article and replace them with positive feelings. Then he is finally increasing the fear enough that the reader will feel obligated to put spyware on their kid's computer so that they can protect them from the horrible thing found on the internet.

This is to ensure that the needs, interest and decisions of the child comes first and are being met. Also, it is by law that parents be responsible and knows everything about their child when they are away from them or home.

Under Family Code Section 3900, the legislation states that the father and mother of a minor child have an equal responsibility to support their child in the manner suitable to the child’s circumstances as well as the parent’s circumstances and station in life. Family Code 3901(a) followed by Section 3900 that the duty of support of a parent continues to unmarried child who has reached the age of 18 years, is a full-time high school student, and who is not self-supporting, until the time the child

The Federal Government plays a major role. Federal Government dictates the major design features of State programs, funding, monitoring and evaluating, provide technical assistance, and also provide assistance in locating the absent parent. Once paternity is established, The Child Support Agencies would be responsible for collecting spousal support payments on behalf of the custodial parents. They were also required to petition for medical support as part of most child support orders. The program is for both welfare and non-welfare families. Parents who received benefits under AFDC, which is temporary assistance for needy families, Medicaid program, and/or foster care program automatically, received this service. There is a fee for parents outside the program which could be up to $25 for

Child support must ensure that children actually receive fair, timely, and sufficient support reflecting the state’s high standard of living and high costs of raising children compared to other states, Family Code Section 4053.

For various reasons, many children in the United States are living without their fathers in their homes or absent from their lives entirely. This is an issue all across the world and the children are having to deal with the disadvantages caused by the lack of support from their fathers. This issue has a significant effect on society and can be viewed and interpreted from the three sociological perspectives. As a result of many studies, it was found that children raised in father absent homes almost universally experience disadvantages such as: worse health, poorer academic achievement, and a less enjoyable educational experience. There are many variables that need to be taken into effect when considering

Since the child is aware of why their parents set such rules, they respect their parents, and are more likely to respect the law as well. Children raised in families with these parenting styles are “self-confident and achievement-oriented in school and get better grades than do children whose parents have other parenting styles” ( Lifespan: Development, 203).

There are three reason for this. Child support is something that is owed throughout a child's life; it is not a one time payment. Second, it is cumulative, so a mother can sue for back child support, and third, this is a debt that cannot be discharged in a bankruptcy. We routinely work with attorneys to find fathers, so they can be made to fulfill their financial obligations to their

The amount of child support cases in arrears would decline if a few things were changed, hopefully providing incentives to pay child support on time and regularly. There are also harsher consequences that could be carried out to prevent future mistakes. There are things being done, but is it enough? As it stands the noncustodial parent can face loss of visitation, probation, and even jail time for none payment of child support. By not enforcing court ordered child support and making examples out of those who are not in compliance, we are sending out a message that child support is more of an option than a legal obligation. Think about the ones who are really suffering here, the children involved.

The non-custodial parent (NCP), Mr. Tate’s testimony revealed that he was assessed arrears and DNA testing back in 2005 for his son, Diego. It was ordered in court that he would pay $50.00 a month until the arrears were paid. In October 2015, he returned to court for a modification. He thought the arrears were paid and satisfied; unaware that the money was still being payroll deducted from his paycheck. Then he received a letter from DHR stating that he had no arrears. After that letter, he received another letter stating that he owed $4,500.00 in back child support. When he contacted DHR in referencing the $4,500.00, he was told it was for the arrears; the $50.00 was never deducted from his paycheck. He contacted the payroll division of his employer to get verification of the money being deducted from his paycheck, which showed that he had paid $5,375.00; he emailed the information to the child support caseworker (CSW), Ms. Guyton, she had her supervisor to review the information. He was told that the arrears and DNA testing was satisfied; he did not owe DHR anything, and they did not owe him. He stated he wanted to know if he paid too much money for back child support.

To convey the message that the financial support of parents in the lives of their children is vital, Title IV-D of the Social Security Act established the Federal Child Support program in 1975 which exhibits how financial participation by both parents in the life of a child is essential and encourages accountability amongst parents. An individual’s understanding of Child Support is shaped not only by their knowledge of its legal elements, but also by their personal opinions and social environments. As a society, there are many varying views of child support, but the general understanding of the program relates to the understanding of how child support works.

Men are the ones that keep a family together in a financial and emotional stance. Roiphe speaks about her husband and that he was a destitute man who wrote and depended heavily on Roiphe for any necessity. Whitehead suggests that men should not surrender to the traditional role of just paying alimony, but she encourages men to remain in the lives of their children With the developments of families in today’s world, it is imperative that a man does not progress into what people call “Deadbeat Dads.” Furthermore a man has to on what people call a”Family Man”-that is, having the qualities of being an exceptional father. Even if it is for something minor such as changing the tire on a bike, giving their child a dollar, or even just tying their

     Federal, state and local governments are all playing a part in helping to bring to justice deadbeat parents. Since child support laws and the deadbeat parent laws have come into play, it is making it more difficult to “run” if you owe child support. The federal government sets the standards for child support enforcement. It is then handed down to the state governments to send cases to appropriate local governments. The local governments within their offices do most of the work in locating the parent, establishing paternity, enforcement of child support, and modification of support. If a child support order is not followed the local governments begin the searching process. Several tactics have been put into place to track down deadbeats parents within the last few years. Branches of the government are now using social security numbers to search jobs, bank accounts, automobiles, and tax returns. They are now suspending licenses if you fall behind in child support. Deadbeat parents also can now be tracked down from state to state since federal and state regulations of child support have been established. In previous years it was almost impossible to find parents once they moved out of state. However they are working more and more to track down the deadbeat parent’s country wide. The federal government mandated that a country wide automated child tracking system be implemented. This new system is known as