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ifeminists May 19, 2004 Leving & Sacks |
It's Child Support Guidelines that Need Surgery, Not 'Deadbeat Dads' The pot of child support gold--which hard-line judges and Attorneys General often insist they're going to find if we'd just get tough on deadbeats--simply does not exist. |
ifeminists July 1, 2003 Glenn Sacks |
New Study, Case May Help California Children of Divorce Retain Bonds with Both Parents One of the greatest tragedies children of divorce in California face is the way courts allow custodial parents to move hundreds or even thousands of miles away after divorce, damaging or sometimes destroying the bonds between children and their noncustodial parents. That may change. |
ifeminists September 17, 2002 Sacks & Thompson |
High-Profile 'Deadbeat Dad' Raids Won't Fix Child Support System Badly in Need of Reform Reforms are needed that will make the system more rational and workable, and which will benefit both the children owed support and the fathers who owe it. |
ifeminists March 15, 2006 Leving & Sacks |
Kansas License Bill Unfair to Noncustodial Parents The Kansas House just passed a highly publicized bill that would allow the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services to have the driver's licenses of so-called "deadbeat" parents seized if they have child-support arrearages of $500 or more. |
ifeminists December 21, 2005 Leving & Sacks |
Federal Child Support Enforcement Cuts Will Hurt Bureaucrats, not Children For too long American child support policies have been determined by politics instead of common sense; the mantra of "help women and children" has allowed large-scale abuses and waste to go unchallenged. |
ifeminists August 31, 2005 Leving & Sacks |
Persecuting Low Income Parents The driving force behind child support arrearages is not bad parents, but instead rigid child support systems which are impervious to the economic realities noncustodial parents face, such as layoffs, wage cuts, and work-related injuries. |
ifeminists June 9, 2004 Sacks & Brass |
National Fatherhood Initiative's Ad Campaign Insults African-American Fathers While the NFI's goal is laudable, research shows that a major factor in black fatherlessness, which the NFI campaign completely ignores, is the obstruction of fathers' visitation rights by custodial mothers. |
ifeminists June 21, 2006 Leving & Sacks |
Illinois Fatherhood Council Recommends New Reforms in Family Law, Child Support Policies based on blaming and punishing dads may make good political sound bites, but they are counterproductive for society, and hurtful to children and the fathers they love and need. |
Financial Advisor April 2005 Gregory Bresiger |
Selling A Home To A Child Convince a client nearing retirement to stay in a primary residence in a booming real estate market, delaying the move to the Sunbelt for a few years. Have the client sell the home to a child. It could help the client and a child under certain circumstances. |
Job Journal October 19, 2008 Marty Nemko |
Quick Fix: Check Your Emotional Baggage What to do when a person or situation makes you feel uncomfortable at work. |
ifeminists May 12, 2004 Leving & Sacks |
Is a Pool More Important than a Dad? Last week the California Supreme Court issued an historic opinion which clarifies current case law and reaffirms the importance of both parents in a child's life. |
ifeminists April 12, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
'Roe v. Wade for Men' Case Illustrates Family Law System's Inequities The "woman good/man bad" modus operandi of the American family law system has wounded children and the fathers they love and need. The problem cannot be resolved until we acknowledge and address the fundamental inequities of the system. |
Registered Rep. May 25, 2011 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Aid Checklist for Grandparents Seven tips that will allow grandparents to safely contribute to their grandkids' college education. |
AskMen.com Ross Bonander |
Fatherhood Guide: Discipline This article addresses the fine line of disciplining your child. Discipline relates to children of all ages, but the following article will be most helpful to fathers of children under the age of 10. |
AskMen.com Steven Shaw |
How To: Be A Godfather A look at some of the most important duties to help you learn how to be a godfather. |
Registered Rep. April 22, 2015 Kevin McKinley |
Small Deposits Now, Big Money Later Using the right vehicle and starting as soon as possible, parents, grandparents and other concerned family members can provide a lifetime of financial security for the children they love. |
ifeminists March 5, 2007 Teri Stoddard |
Can't Find a Husband? Men who embrace fatherhood are shown their time and influence aren't important. Our government does this by enforcing child support orders while not enforcing visitation orders. |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Your Kids Need These Investments Supplementing 529 plans with alternatives makes lots of sense. |
AskMen.com Ross Bonander |
Fatherhood Guide: Setting An Example The following presents some tips on how to set an example for your child. While much of this piece pertains to young children under the age of 8 or so, the issue itself is germane to kids of all ages. |
ifeminists September 23, 2003 Glenn Sacks |
Convicted Murderess Can Get Custody but Decent Fathers Can't Clara Harris, a Texas woman who was convicted of murdering her husband in March, was just granted joint custody of her twin five year-old boys. The ruling validates what fathers' and children's advocates have been saying for years -- when it comes to children, many courts believe that mothers can do no wrong. |
ifeminists September 24, 2002 Sacks & Thompson |
Shared Custody Could Prevent Abductions According to the US Department of Justice, mothers and fathers abduct their children in equal numbers. What is needed is to reform the child custody system in order to prevent the kidnappings from occurring in the first place. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
All in the Family Advisors should start talking with clients now about shifting income from higher-bracket to lower-bracket family members. Possible strategies include hiring children or even retired parents in a business, or transferring assets to these individuals. |
ifeminists August 18, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Child Custody Laws Poised for Change A war to change custody laws has clearly been declared, not only in California but also across North America. Hopefully, everyone will remember that the battle is not about ideology but what is best for children. |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Save Smarter for College As the school year starts, it's time to think about your child's future. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Jim Grote |
Special Cases Minoti Rajput, CFP, president and principal advisor of Secure Planning Strategies in Southfield, Mich., maintains a general financial planning practice and a specialized practice for families of children with disabilities. |
Investment Advisor September 2009 James J. Green |
Numerology: Kids Ain't Cheap The latest Department of Agriculture child-rearing study reports that a two-parent, middle-income family can expect to spend $221,190 to raise a child born in 2008. |
ifeminists July 5, 2006 Leving & Sacks |
Some Progress for California Fathers, but Still a Long Way to Go The family law system remains stacked against fathers. Most importantly, California law still does not do nearly enough to protect fathers' relationships with their children. |
ifeminists October 8, 2002 Sacks & Thompson |
Can Abolishing Sole Custody Curb Divorce? Research from American Law and Economics Review indicates the presumption of joint physical custody may serve to keep some marriages together. |
Financial Advisor July 2005 Marla Brill |
Should You Put Your Clients In 529 Plans? Section 529 savings plans have proven to be a popular way to help meet the king's ransom required to fund a college education. But recent investigations by industry and government regulators have raised concerns about their future. |
Salon.com July 6, 2000 Cathy Young |
Team players or tools of the patriarchy? Women often are supplying the muscle behind the fathers' rights movement. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Caren Chesler |
Homeward Bound In a tough economic environment, some clients must deal with their children moving back home. |
ifeminists September 23, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Do Poor Fathers Deserve Debtors' Prison? What does throwing a "deadbeat dad" in jail accomplish? |
AskMen.com May 19, 2008 Ross Bonander |
Fatherhood Guide: Affection Showing affection is a challenging area of parenting, but this is not uncommon; for many loving and caring fathers, showing their affection represents the most challenging aspect of parenting. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Jerilyn Klein Bier |
Special Consideration Advisors help parents of special needs children tackle unique planning challenges. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Martha White |
Special Needs Clients: 'Retirement for 3' For families with a special-needs child, advisors must employ a variety of tactics. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Trust, But Verify The estate planning answer for a lot of parents is to leave inheritances in trust for the benefit of their child. But trusts vary widely, and because this is a message many clients miss, planners must reinforce the idea. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Suzanne McGee |
Full-Nest Syndrome Even when a financial advisor is able and willing to work with clients on containing and managing requests for financial help from their boomerang children, they can end up squarely in the middle of one of the most perilous kinds of disagreements: family squabbles over money. |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Way to Save for College Pick the best investments for your kids. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
College Panic Many of your clients with teenage children may be feeling the college panic about now. They are looking at diminished net worths and an uncertain job market and economy |
ifeminists June 10, 2003 Carey Roberts |
The Deadbeat Dad's Dilemma Welfare queens, you can heave a sigh of relief. America now has a new public enemy number one: deadbeat dads. |
ifeminists June 30, 2004 Carey Roberts |
Divorced Dads' White-Hot Sense of Injustice Noncustodial dads find it incomprehensible that their basic human right to be a parent is being curtailed by a legal system that they perceive to be expensive, cloaked in secrecy, and unfair, spurring their suicide rate to 10 times that of divorced women. |
Registered Rep. April 10, 2012 Kevin McKinley |
Helping Clients Cut Off the Kids If you have clients stretched between supporting their older youngsters and saving for retirement, you can delicately help the parents nudge, shove, and kick the offspring out of the proverbial nest. |
ifeminists November 11, 2003 Glenn Sacks |
In Defense of Spiderman The mayor of London compares him to Osama bin Laden. He's been dubbed a "menace" holding a city for "ransom," as well as a lunatic and an extremist. What has 36 year-old David Chick done to arouse such anger? He loves his little daughter, from whom he's been forcibly separated. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2011 June Walbert |
Ask June: Military Family Options for Saving for College The author solves problems for military personnel on this topic. |
InternetNews June 10, 2010 |
Facebook Joins PTA in Online Safety Effort Facebook partners with National Parent Teacher Association to promote awareness about security and online child safety. |
ifeminists October 13, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Deadbeat Dad Contest Bad for Kids The contest will allegedly create a public awareness about unpaid child support. Some believe the whole initiative is based on a false premise and erroneous information. Regardless, it is hard to see how encouraging children to turn against their parents is a proper government function. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Marlene Y. Satter |
Spend Wisely and Lower Your Expectations Parents are starting to consider such economy measures when it comes to college planning for their children. |
Registered Rep. June 17, 2013 Kevin McKinley |
The Power of Persuasion These small acts for clients' children and grandchildren can make a big difference. |
Investment Advisor November 17, 2010 Marlene Y. Satter |
Special Needs, Special Designation If your clients have special needs children, you might want to consider this in the future |
ifeminists February 11, 2003 Thompson & Sacks |
Undermining the American Family The American Law Institute, which exercises great influence on American jurisprudence, has just released a series of family law recommendations that would exacerbate our problems by trivializing the importance of marriage, encouraging divorce and accelerating fatherlessness. |