Conference quokka::non_custodial_parents

402.0. "Good Housekeeping Article 9/96" by QUOKKA::17644::nqodhcp-137-208-17.nqo.dec.com::Workbench () Thu Aug 08 1996 08:35

	Attention - Dads   Sept 96  Good Housekeeping Article

	I happened to be at someone's house yesterday and while waiting for
	my girlfriend to get ready to go out I got a chance to quickly scan
	what seemed to be a very in-depth article about Divorced Dads fighting
	the custody laws in several states (most notebly MA & NJ) for 
	equalizing the money despite having Non-Custodial status.  In essense
	making the $$ match the time spent with the kids.  Since I didn't
	have time to read the whole thing nor could I take the magazine I
	can't put the whole thing in here but I would recommend it for reading
	as it debunked quite a few of the 'accepted' statistics regarding 
	newly divorced parents relative standards-of-living and income 
	in the first few years.  One outstanding one was that the NC's income
	and SOL goes down by a whopping 72% in the first year after a divorce!
	Another intersting proposal that a divorced dad has officially made is
	to have a special debit card that the NC would contribute his custody
	payments to that the CP could draw on for necessities of the kids and
	the detailed reports sent to the NCP so s/he could be assured that 
	the money was going to support the kids instead of the X's lifestyle.

	Regards,

	Chuck

    	THANKS CHUCK!
    
    		I will definitely check this one out and get back to you so
    you and other can find out what's up.
    
    Bill--