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Request for action - Let them know you care.....
Maine child support table do not take into account visitation expenses. Policy Studies, Inc., the organization that prepared those tables for the State, includes a reference to that deficiency in their report, and notes that several other states do, in fact, take into aco**** visitation expenses when figuring child support. Until a few weeks ago there was a provision in Maine law that permited (but did not require) an adjustment to be made to child support if the non-custodial parent spends more then 30% of the time with the children. The ultra-feminist Family Law Advisory Commission brought into the 2003 legislative session a proposed law that would eliminate that adjustment. This will affect primarily women who are "custodial parents" - in Maine although 27% of the single family homes are headed by men, men make up only 8% of the child support recipients. So, this is not a "children's bill" - this is almost strictly a women's bill. The effect of this change in the law will push some non-custodial parents (especially men) out of their children's lives. Those parents will be required to pay their share of the "cost of raising children" to the custodial parent 100% of the time - when the children may be with the custodial parent only 60% of the time. The remaining 40% the NCP will be required to pay twice - once in direct expenses, and once again in cash payments to the CP. With child support running at a rate around 1/3 of take home pay for NCPs, many NCPs will no longer be able to afford to maintain an adequate hosusehold for their children. You can call the office of Governor John Baldacchi at 207-287-3531 to protest this policy which serves again to push divorced fathers out of the lives of their children. The bad law is known as: "LD 234". |
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"The Dave©" wrote in message
s.com... Would the governor of Maine even care what people outside Maine think? Unless they're contributing to his campaign, of course. Depends on their personal political agenda, plans, and how influential he believes the individual is. Keep in mind that although an individual outside of Maine may not be able to vote for them, but they could hurt a politician with a campaign again them. Tracy ~~~~~~~ http://www.hornschuch.net/tracy/ "You can't solve problems with the same type of thinking that created them." Albert Einstein *** spamguard in place! to email me: tracy at hornschuch dot net *** |
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Would the governor of Maine even care what people outside Maine think?
Unless they're contributing to his campaign, of course. |
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