An indispensable guide for government officials, lawyers, judges
and for all who work with divorcing couples. It is even more
indispensable for the parent, usually female, who Will have the
responsibility of the children. Lieberman, the attorney general of
Connecticut, is not only well-informed, but indigant at the failure
of the absent parent to pay support. He provides a brief but
trenchant history of the subject stretching back to early common
law. Besides giving divorced couples a good idea of the legal
imbroglios they may face, he describes the current system of child
support and analyzes the reasons for, such things as rampant
paternal delinquency: more than 2-million mothers are owed
$4-billion in support. In the case of welfare mothers, only 10
percent of the fathers support their children. This annually costs
the state $5 billion. However, all is not gloom and doom. Since the
advent of legislation enacted in 1976, improvements have been made,
but clearly much more has to be done. The need is for a national
family plan in which child support would be included as would
child-care services and a sane approach to the exploding problem of
ilillegitimacy. This book is a step in the right direction and the
passion and intelligence of the writer make it a must for those
concerned about the children of divorce. (Kirkus Reviews)
"Child support in America is a national disgrace. There is no more
widespread and profoundly consequential example of lawlessness in
our society today than fathers' refusal to care for their children
after divorce."-Joseph I. Lieberman More than half the men in
America who have been told by a judge to pay child support disobey
the order, forcing millions of mothers and children to live in
poverty. In this much-needed book, Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney
general of Connecticut and one of the country's leading experts on
the child-support problem, explains the laws and offers practical
guidance on how women can avoid becoming victims of nonsupport. The
first step is to arrive at an agreement that has a chance of being
followed. The book therefore describes in detail the factors that
should be considered in negotiating a fair settlement-for example,
how to determine the child's needs at present and in the future;
how to determine the father's ability to pay and the mother's to
contribute; and how to protect the child's financial rights in the
event of the death of the father or his remarriage or relocation.
Later chapters provide advice on applying for a needed increase in
the amount of child support-and on countering the father's efforts
to reduce his obligations. Throughout the book, Lieberman focuses
on workable solutions. For the individual mother, this may mean
taking various steps to see that an existing law is enforced by the
courts. From a broader perspective, Lieberman argues for forceful
new state laws that will automatically subtract child support from
a father's income-whether it be wages, bonuses, unemployment
compensation, or retirement benefits. Child Support in America
includes a directory of the state agencies charged with enforcing
the law and of the national organizations that are working to
reform legislation. The book will be an invaluable reference for
lawyers, social workers, and others who advise custodial parents as
well as for men and women embroiled in child support disputes.
"Child Support in America Is the most comprehensive and easily
understood guide for women in big trouble currently available. Many
children could be saved if both fathers and mothers would just read
Lieberman's book before they go to court in divorce matters. He
walks the layman through the law's thorny thicket better and more
cheaply than the expensive divorce lawyers most people usually
hire."-Justice Richard Neely, Supreme Court of Appeals, West
Virginia "A passionate book about the dismal state of child support
enforcement laws."-Jay Katz, Yale Law School
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