Relationship Between Child Support And Child Relationship

     In the United States today more than one-half of all marriages end in divorce. The purpose of this paper is to examine the reason why women have typically received custody of the children far more often than the fathers. In order to better understand child custody one must first examine how fathers have often times been left out of the picture, and conversely why mothers have had such hard times raising children on their own. This paper will first examine the perspective of a father who has lost custody of his children.

The role of the father, a male figure in a child’s life is a very crucial role that has been diminishing over the years. An absent father can be defined in two ways; the father is physically not present, or the father is physically present, but emotionally present. To an adolescent, a father is an idolized figure, someone they look up to (Feud, 1921), thus when such a figure is an absent one, it can and will negatively affect a child’s development. Many of the problems we face in society today, such as crime and delinquency, poor academic achievement, divorce, drug use, early pregnancy and sexual activity can be attributed to fathers being absent during adolescent development (Popenoe, 1996; Whitehead, 1993). The percentage of

One thing that almost everybody will have to deal with at least once in their lifetime is parenting. In parenting, both parents are needed to make the job easier on themselves, their marriage and their child. In the essay The Myth of Co-Parenting: How It Was Supposed to Be. How It Was. by Hope Edelman, Edelman tells her experience with co-parenting. Edelman, along with many women, initially believed that co-parenting was possible. She soon figured out, however, that it was not a realistic goal. Some points that Edelman hits in the essay are the gender roles and societal expectations in parenting, being the nurturer versus being the provider, and how poor communication can ruin

The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into a current legislation and conduct background research, and inform the legislator of my own views on this issue. This paper will also provide the effect of the Family and Consumer Sciences mission, through social policy and legislative channels, in regards to children and families tied to concerns surrounding them and their communities. Through this paper, I will be conducting research on California Family Code Section 3900: Duty of Parent to Support Child as well as the subsections that follows under this chapter (3901 & 3902). I will provide an insight on how unemployment and poverty affect non-custodial parents as well as the role strain of child support on fatherhood.

Christopher Lambesis (Father) and Erin Lambesis (Mother) were divorced in 2013. In the divorce decree, Father was ordered to pay Mother $100 per month for child support for the two minor children. In October 2014, Father filed a Petition to Modify Child Support. Based on his own calculations using the Parent’s Worksheet for Child Support, he requested Mother pay him $100 per month. Mother requested a hearing in response including her own calculations indicating that Father should be paying her $123 per month. An evidentiary hearing was held and the court ordered Father to pay mother child support amounting to $149.30 per month. Father filed a Motion for a New Trial stating that he was not provided with documentation regarding Mother’s financial status in a timely manner and that the family court’s child support obligation calculations were incorrect. Mother filed an Application for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. The court denied Father’s request for a new trial and granted Mother’s request for attorney fees. Father filed a motion to reconsider the allocation of parenting time coordinator’s fees. This motion was also denied. Father appealed the court’s decision.

Explain the different types of support that can empower male and female parents and carers to function positively within society.

Tuscaloosa County DHR Child Support representative’s testimony revealed that on January 17, 2012 the agency scheduled a Child Support hearing for paternity to be established. The custodial parent (CP), Temeka White, did not appear for the hearing on September 24, 2013. Actually, on September 13, 2013, a subpoena was issued. The subpoena was mailed to the CP’s address at 3412½ 7th Street, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401. On September 23, 2013, the subpoena was returned; the CP was not served. The CP did not show for the September 24, 2013 hearing. On April 17, 2015, a subpoena was issued for the CP to show for a court hearing on May 5, 2015. The subpoena was mailed to the CP at address 3758 8th Street, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401 and to the address

Thesis/Central Idea: To understand that there are many parents raising their children alone with no help at all. Many single parents have different circumstances that cause them to raise their children by themselves. Being a single parent is not easy there are good days and bad days and most single parents must make it through no matter what. Many single parents do not realize that their children are looking at them for the rest of their lives.

In the article “Beyond Absenteeism: Father Incarceration and Child Development”, it discusses how father incarceration rates effects children (Amanda Geller, 2012). This was similar to the study above. In this article the analysis came from the Fragile Families study. The Fragile Families studies included around 5,000 couples with children that were born from 1998 to 2000 in twenty fairly large cities within the United States. The parents were surveyed around the time of their child’s birth and then there were follow-ups when the child was one, three, and also five years of age. The findings were tied to aggression from the children. This resembles the above study, where children who were missing their father due to him being absent were more

Men’s economic consequences are not as drastic as women after a divorce. Noncustodial father’s income increases due to a smaller household. (Lamanna, Riedmann, Stewart 2014). His expenses have decline by no longer having to spend for a whole family but for an individual. However, some men experience a decline in income like women because of the absence of a second income. (Lamanna, Riedmann, Stewart 2014). Divorced men are discriminated at work and are paid less than a married man. Furthermore, noncustodial fathers get taxed more since they don’t have dependents to claim (Lamanna, Riedmann, Stewart 2014). Noncustodial fathers get paid less child support from noncustodial mothers due to their low income compared to noncustodial fathers who pay

Most mothers and fathers love their kids with all their heart. As a child begins to age, parents begin to influence their kids and will mold them as they mature. However, parents without much care for their kids will leave a long-term effect on their children and in this study, the main impact is the father.

Statistic is definitely everywhere and it is a part of our lives. It is simple and useful analysis of all the raw data out there. Based on the US Census Bureau releases on Custodial Mothers, Fathers and Their Child Support confirms how many single parents have a child support order in place. This information shows various cause and effect on different opinions. Yet, the numbers can be continuous based on new birth or divorce. So with Statistic, it illustrates that among the 14.4 million custodial parents in the U.S., about half of them had some type of legal or informal child support agreement in place. I can relate to this situation and the statistic report as my brother goes through this scenario. However, reading the statistic report,

     Since the beginning of time, there have been children born out of wedlock. When children are born out of wedlock it is still the responsibility of both parents to contribute to the needs of a child both ethically and legally. However that is not happening much of the time in today’s world. When a child is not cared for by a parent, it “looks” bad on them to society. However since child support laws have been enacted, ethical reasons to take care of a child are now overpowered by legal reasons.

Children and single parenting begins with the divorce of a couple who have children. The majority of children live with their mother. Non custodial fathers usually have less contact with their children, and involvement usually declines as time goes by. Since most single-parent households are mother-headed their income is usually below that of a man, this causes economic distress and fewer opportunities for educational and extracurricular experiences for the child. Economic constraints may limit growth enhancing experiences. Even children whose fathers pay substantial child support are faced with limiting experiences. Children hate divorce because having two of the most important people in your life living apart hurts. For children,

Parenting styles have had many controversial issues over the decades. The way people raised their children back in the 50’s and 60’s are completely different from today society. Back then they believe in the nuclear family, which is a family with a mom, dad, and children. They believe staying together at all cost. If something was breaking or broken you fixed it. At times you wonder if they stayed for love, money, or just for the sake of the children. Now and days it is not the same. Families are broken up for many reasons. Rather it be by death, the other parent wanting out (such as divorce). But in the end there is always a single parent left to take care of the kids in most situations. When something like this happens a negative connotation is brought to the single parent. This paper would show the effects of being raised by a single parent. Just like everything in life there is a good and bad side to everything. So in this paper you should learn the negative and positive effect of being raised by a single parent. The problem of the matter is that society tends to write off the child of single parents. Stating that they are lead down this road of destruction and grouping the entire single parent raised children without seeing the other side. Not saying that being raised by a single parent does not come with it hardships, but the fact is that there is still hope for those children and they can do very well. By always stating the negative it leaves the