A recent study suggests tougher child-support laws may discourage men from becoming unwed fathers. That is exactly what will be needed if proposed cuts in federal spending on programs to assist low- income families with children become a reality. It's difficult to believe there aren't already adequate laws on the books that would serve the same objectives if they were better enforced. But researchers say a reduction in single parenthood is an unintended consequence of policies intended to help children and cut public welfare costs.
It is hard enough for a single mother to raise her children even if she is financially stable. But it's just wrong if she also has to struggle paycheck-to-paycheck to make ends meet because the father isn't living up to his responsibility. In the next legislative session, I will work to give the Attorney General's office the tools to locate and collect money that a noncustodial parent is trying to hide. We will also give the Attorney General more time to collect unpaid child support so single mothers don't have to worry about the clock running out.
SEATTLE Tough child support laws may dissuade men from becoming unwed fathers, as states with the most stringent laws and strict enforcement have up to 20 percent fewer out-of-wedlock births, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Washington and Columbia University said Friday that child support laws' power to reduce single parenthood is an unintended consequence of a policy designed to help children and cut public welfare costs.
There was no surprise to the study reported in The Washington Times ("Child support can make men honest," Nation, June 14) that "states that pursued delinquent fathers had 20 percent fewer unmarried births than states that were more lenient." It does not take a huge study to realize that men (or women) who have to pay to raise their children are going to think twice before having more of them. The surprise would have been a study that discussed the alternative to America spending more than $3 billion a year to make dads (and some moms) pay child support.
SAN FRANCISCO - Same-sex couples who raise children are lawful parents, and just like heterosexual couples, they must provide for their children if they break up, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. The justices ruled for the first time that custody and child support laws that hold absent fathers accountable also apply to estranged gay and lesbian couples who used reproductive science to conceive.
SEATTLE (AP) - Tough child support laws might dissuade men from becoming unwed fathers, as states with the most stringent laws and strict enforcement have up to 20 percent fewer out-of-wedlock births, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Washington and Columbia University said Friday that child support laws' power to reduce single parenthood is an unintended consequence of a policy designed to help children and cut public welfare costs.
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LIMESTONE - A public hearing on a bill that would amend the laws governing child support enforcement will take place in front of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, and one of those testifying in support of the bill will be a high school junior. James Jelin is a junior at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone. He will testify at the public hearing because he originated the bill, LD 115, "An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Child Support Enforcement," and got it submitted with the help of a Biddeford legislator.
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