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- From: bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick)
- Newsgroups: alt.child-support
- Subject: Re: Itemized accounting of child support
- Message-ID: <u8RawB1w165w@dogear.spk.wa.us>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 17:39:05 GMT
- References: <20720204@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA
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- laszlo@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Laszlo Nobi) writes:
-
- > The income shares (bullsh*t) model used with the tables in Colorado assumes
- > that *all* the child's expenses are included. This means that the tables
- > *already* include gifts, vacations, and all that other "extra" stuff that
- > the ncp still has to pay for. The only expenditures that aren't included
- > are health insurance, daycare, and "extraordinary" expenses. These are
- > added on to the basic amount after proportioning by incomes. In effect,
- > I pay for all my kids' birthday and christmas gifts, and vacations TWICE!!!!
-
- A very lucid and *accurate* statement, Laszlo.
-
- Rather than an argument for accounting --which is something I would like to,
- but can't buy into-- I think it would be a Good Idea for states to discard
- the income shares base, and go with a 'localized' need approach. This would
- be an average for what it costs to raise a child, specific to their age, and
- would include all of the general needs. By general, I mean beyond just roof,
- clothes and food --it would include some recreational things, average health
- maintenance, that sort of thing. Then the resulting figure is clipped in
- half --with NO 'fudge' margin. This would be what each parent was required
- to contribute. Anyhing beyond this would be discretionary.
-
- ---
- Bob Kirkpatrick <bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us>
- Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA
-