It sounded like a fine idea: Reward divorced fathers who spend a lot of time with their children by cutting back their child support obligations. But lawyers and family court judges are saying that a new Florida law requiring courts to do just that will hurt both the court system and the children the law was intended to help. It may also, some warn, cost the state millions in federal aid. The law also requires family courts to calculate costs of child support on a case-by-case basis.
October 07, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
It sounded like a fine idea: Reward divorced fathers who spend a lot oftime with their children by cutting back their child supportobligations.
But lawyers and family court judges are saying that a new Florida lawrequiring courts to do just that will hurt both the court system andthe children the law was intended to help. It may also, some warn, costthe state millions in federal aid.
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