wrote in message ... Ok, in my parenting plan, under "parenting time/vacation schedule" one of the paragraphs reads: "At any time that the children have 3 days off from school, instead of ...

"Phil #3" wrote in message ... If you're still not convinced that the adoption of Cody O'dea's child was an outrage, consider Ashley Olea's myspace profile. What did she list as her occupation? "Baby...

Now that we know states like California and Kansas are suspending tax refunds due to budget shortfall and issuing IOUs, does that mean these states will apply the IOU's for CS arrears collected through tax intercepts? Will the tax refund IOUs stop the clock on CS arrearage enforcement...

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/27/copy/joe28.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 The head of the Ohio CS system is under investigation for her role in deciding to allow the Ohio CS System database to be used to do a background check on "Joe The Plumber". Some of...

Parents who receive CS payments through the Oregon CS Program will not longer receive paper checks after June 30th. The AG has decided all CS payments coming through the state's program will be made electronically either through direct deposit or to a debit card. The transition affects 166,000...

A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the...

"Bob Whiteside" wrote in message news:... (My anecdote is from the pre-guidelines days so the expenses were important in setting the need for CS and SS. When the guidelines came out my CS was lowered even though my income was higher.) It's all coming back to me now. ...

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080401/NEWS/804010326 Oregon CS worker got 120 days in jail for her role in stealing over $10,000 from inactive accounts. Her fiancé accomplice got 60 days. Both got 5 years probation. I am fully in favor of jailing these thieves,...

"Gini" wrote in message news:y8J0k.161$hH.85@trndny07... "DVD" wrote in message ... Gini wrote: "DVD" wrote in message ... Gini...

Does anyone have a good resource for step-parenting issues? I'm particularly interested in things like how to deal with a bio-parent changing drastically upon remarriage, the role a step-parent plays in negative changes that alienate adult children from their bio-parent, and strategies for how...

An illegal alien from Mexico asked for a restraining order in California family court against her husband because he was verbally abusive and threatened to report her to ICE. The judge asked her if she was illegal. She acknowledged she was illegal. The judge told her he was counting to 20 and if...

The Federal OCSE issues an annual report and the FY 2002 version is available at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/pubs/2003/reports/prelim_datareport/ A few results stood out for me. They collected $20.1 billion at a cost of $5 billion. They claim the total amount of CS due in FY02 was...

Where I live we are having a major Winter storm. We have had 3-4 inches of snow with winds driving the chill factor down to zero, it is currently sleeting very hard, and the forecast is for freezing rain and extreme hazardous driving conditions. All the warnings are to stay home, go home, or you...

Here's a news article on a divorce case that has got to be the divorce case from hell. Both parties are lawyers. They were married for 2 years. Since that time the divorce proceedings have lasted 8 years. The woman was just sentenced to 5 days in jail for contempt. This case is...

The debate on how to improve the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 has begun. Here is an interesting article that presents a side not normally seen in the media. http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/15881.htm When you read the story keep in mind the words - single parent household and never...

I'm off probation for contempt of court for not paying CS while the state CS bureaucracy figured out how to send CS I paid for my post-18 adult daughter directly to her as required by state law and court order. I was sentenced to 10 days in jail which was suspended, and I was ordered to serve two...

Edmund - Keep up the good work in pointing out CS system abuse occurs around the world. We tend to focus on the U.S. in this newsgroup and forget the same BS (or worse) goes on in other countries. Occasionally we get the Canadian and English perspective and keeping us informed on what...

"Bob Whiteside" wrote in message news:... "Gini" wrote in message news:EZpTf.6418$092.2171@trndny04... "Bob Whiteside" wrote "Gini" wrote "Ken Chaddock"...

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In a decision that came down yesterday, the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously upheld trial and appeals court decisions requiring a parent to comply with parenting agreements. In the Rideout decision the court ruled a parent who refuses to comply with duties imposed by the parenting plan...