Investigation into unfair child support laws and the reexamination of the Bradley Amendment
Child support laws are outdated and very obscure from state to state. They need to be investigated and rewritten!!!
THIS IS A PETITION TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE BRADLEY AMENDMENT AND CURRENT CHILD SUPPORT LAWS IN THE EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL STATES. DUE TO ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS IN WHICH IT IS MAKING IT HARDER AND HARDER FOR PARENTS TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS AS WELL AS SUPPORT THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY. WE, PARENTS THAT PAY CHILD SUPPORT, FEEL THE LAWS BOTH FEDERALLY AND INDIVIDUALLY STATE WIDE, NEED TO BE REEXAMINED AND REDETERMINED.
YOU WANT TO MAKE THE ECONOMY BETTER AND PUT MORE PEOPLE IN MIDDLE CLASS BUT IF AND WHEN MINIMUM WAGE GOES UP, SO WILL CHILD SUPPORT. FOR WHEN A PARENT PAYING SUPPORT MAKES MORE MONEY, STATES CHANGE THE RATE AND REQUIRE THEM TO PAY MORE WITH NO REGARDS TO THEIR BASIC LIVING NEEDS. LAWS ALSO NEED TO BE PASSED FEDERALLY REQUIRING EACH AND EVERY STATE TAKES BOTH PARENTS INCOME INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DETERMINING CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS. IT SHOULD NOT JUST BE DETERMINED FROM ONE PARENTS INCOME SINCE THE WAGES OF THE PARENT WHO IS RECEIVING CHILD SUPPORT IS SOMETIMES HIGHER THEN THE PARENT THAT PAYS. ALSO IN CONSIDERATION, THAT THE PARENT WHO HAS THE CHILDREN, RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THE STATE TO HELP THEM WITH FOOD, HOUSING COSTS, MEDICAL AND UTILITIES. SOME STATES USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE TO MAKE PARENTS PAY HIGHER CHILD SUPPORT COSTS.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IS THE FEES ADDED ONTO ARREARS (SOME STATES CHARGE AS HIGH AS 12% A MONTH), R&D FEES ( WISCONSIN CHARGES $65.00 THREE TIMES A YEAR FOR THIS) AND IF NOT TAKEN FROM A PAYCHECK IT IS ALSO ADDED ONTO ARREARS.
CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES ARE MOSTLY ONE SIDED, THAT IS ON THE SIDE OF THE PARENT WHO IS RECEIVING THE MONEY. IF THEY FIND THE PARENT THAT IS PAYING IS MAKING MORE THEN WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE THEY FILE PAPERS AND TAKE THAT PERSON TO COURT, BUT WHEN THE PERSON THAT IS PAYING STARTS A NEW JOB AND IT IS A LOWER PAY RATE THEN WHAT THEIR ORDER IS BASED ON, MOST AGENCIES REQUIRE THAT PARENT TO FILE MOTIONS TO GET THEIR SUPPORT LOWERED. IF THEY CAN RAISE CHILD SUPPORT BASED ON INFORMATION THEY RECEIVE TO SEND OUT AN ORDER. CHILD SUPPORT SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO FILE A MOTION ON BEHALF OF THE PARENT THAT IS PAYING TO ADJUST THE PAYMENT LOWER IF NEED BE .
ALSO THERE NEED TO BE LAWS GOVERNING HOW A PARENT WHO RECEIVES CHILD SUPPORT SHOULD BE USING IT. LAWS THAT STATE THE SUPPORT SHOULD BE USED FOR THE NEEDS OF THE CHILD(REN) AND ONLY FOR THE CHILD(REN) TOO MANY TIMES I WATCH AS CHILDREN GO WITHOUT AS PARENTS WHO RECEIVE CHILD SUPPORT USE IT ON THEIR WANTS AND NEEDS.
ALL WE ARE ASKING IS FOR FAIR CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS THAT ALLOW US TO FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS AND ALSO SUPPORT OURSELVES. MOST PEOPLE WHO PAY CHILD SUPPORT CAN BARELY LIVE, SOME ARE ON THE VERGE OF BEING HOMELESS. MOST DO NOT GET THE PROPER MEDICAL CARE THEY NEED BECAUSE TO LOSE TIME FROM BEING SICK FROM A JOB IS MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKET. MOST CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES GET THE FULL AMOUNT LEAVING THE PERSON PAYING WITH BARELY ANYTHING TO
YOU WANT TO MAKE THE ECONOMY BETTER AND PUT MORE PEOPLE IN MIDDLE CLASS BUT IF AND WHEN MINIMUM WAGE GOES UP, SO WILL CHILD SUPPORT. FOR WHEN A PARENT PAYING SUPPORT MAKES MORE MONEY, STATES CHANGE THE RATE AND REQUIRE THEM TO PAY MORE WITH NO REGARDS TO THEIR BASIC LIVING NEEDS. LAWS ALSO NEED TO BE PASSED FEDERALLY REQUIRING EACH AND EVERY STATE TAKES BOTH PARENTS INCOME INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DETERMINING CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS. IT SHOULD NOT JUST BE DETERMINED FROM ONE PARENTS INCOME SINCE THE WAGES OF THE PARENT WHO IS RECEIVING CHILD SUPPORT IS SOMETIMES HIGHER THEN THE PARENT THAT PAYS. ALSO IN CONSIDERATION, THAT THE PARENT WHO HAS THE CHILDREN, RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THE STATE TO HELP THEM WITH FOOD, HOUSING COSTS, MEDICAL AND UTILITIES. SOME STATES USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE TO MAKE PARENTS PAY HIGHER CHILD SUPPORT COSTS.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IS THE FEES ADDED ONTO ARREARS (SOME STATES CHARGE AS HIGH AS 12% A MONTH), R&D FEES ( WISCONSIN CHARGES $65.00 THREE TIMES A YEAR FOR THIS) AND IF NOT TAKEN FROM A PAYCHECK IT IS ALSO ADDED ONTO ARREARS.
CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES ARE MOSTLY ONE SIDED, THAT IS ON THE SIDE OF THE PARENT WHO IS RECEIVING THE MONEY. IF THEY FIND THE PARENT THAT IS PAYING IS MAKING MORE THEN WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE THEY FILE PAPERS AND TAKE THAT PERSON TO COURT, BUT WHEN THE PERSON THAT IS PAYING STARTS A NEW JOB AND IT IS A LOWER PAY RATE THEN WHAT THEIR ORDER IS BASED ON, MOST AGENCIES REQUIRE THAT PARENT TO FILE MOTIONS TO GET THEIR SUPPORT LOWERED. IF THEY CAN RAISE CHILD SUPPORT BASED ON INFORMATION THEY RECEIVE TO SEND OUT AN ORDER. CHILD SUPPORT SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO FILE A MOTION ON BEHALF OF THE PARENT THAT IS PAYING TO ADJUST THE PAYMENT LOWER IF NEED BE .
ALSO THERE NEED TO BE LAWS GOVERNING HOW A PARENT WHO RECEIVES CHILD SUPPORT SHOULD BE USING IT. LAWS THAT STATE THE SUPPORT SHOULD BE USED FOR THE NEEDS OF THE CHILD(REN) AND ONLY FOR THE CHILD(REN) TOO MANY TIMES I WATCH AS CHILDREN GO WITHOUT AS PARENTS WHO RECEIVE CHILD SUPPORT USE IT ON THEIR WANTS AND NEEDS.
ALL WE ARE ASKING IS FOR FAIR CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS THAT ALLOW US TO FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS AND ALSO SUPPORT OURSELVES. MOST PEOPLE WHO PAY CHILD SUPPORT CAN BARELY LIVE, SOME ARE ON THE VERGE OF BEING HOMELESS. MOST DO NOT GET THE PROPER MEDICAL CARE THEY NEED BECAUSE TO LOSE TIME FROM BEING SICK FROM A JOB IS MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKET. MOST CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES GET THE FULL AMOUNT LEAVING THE PERSON PAYING WITH BARELY ANYTHING TO
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