NH Custody
VAWA funds are not intended for lobbying. Yet, everywhere you look, State domestic violence coalitions are bending this rule. They’re spending taxpayer money on family law debates. They’re not supposed to. But they do. Congress seems blind or maybe just doesn’t care. The misuse of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) funds is glaring. It’s undermining […]
Definitions: The obligor parent is the one who pays child support. The obligee parent is the one who receives it. Update Here is how child support is currently calculated in the state of New Hampshire: New Hampshire Child Support Calculator. There are many obligor parents (and their families) statewide who can hardly afford to provide their children with the necessities […]
Despite noble goals, VAWA has faced criticism over the years from groups and individuals who argue that it goes too far or is ineffective.
I watched the incredible HB529 Conference Committee from 5/16 where Senators Foster, Roberge and Odell claimed to be protecting NH’s citizens from humiliation and divisiveness by (a) not requiring the courts to consider them comparable parents and (b) make a record of the evidence relied upon when forcibly separating them from their children. What could be more […]
Below are votes cast by seven of NH’s Republican Senators on HB1580, an undeniably fair and balanced child support reform bill that would have stopped the impoverishment of obligor parents who are frequently left struggling to survive and unable to properly provide for their children under the existing indefensible and discriminatory child support guideline. Senator […]
Below is how NH’s Democratic leaders voted on HB1580, an undeniably fair and balanced child support reform bill that would have stopped the impoverishment of obligor parents who are frequently left struggling to survive and unable to properly provide for their children under the existing indefensible and discriminatory child support guideline. Two Democrat Senators, Joseph […]