This suggests that children living with single mothers would be more successful
if the mothers were better off financially.

Oh crap! As if the powers that be need more excuses to chase after big
CS orders from men!

And the very next sentence:

"Parents with higher socioeconomic status are usually better positioned to create
positive family environments," Downey said.

Gotta' love are laws. Wouldn't it then make more sense to have the
parent with the
biggest paycheck be the CP? Oh wait, that wouldn't be any fun for the
state if they
couldn't play their take-from-one-and-give-to-the-other games.