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MA
Group Files Suit to Stop Child Support Increase.
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Fathers & Families has filed suit in Boston Federal District
Court to delay the implementation of substantial increases
to child support until a full hearing can be held.
Massachusetts’
original child support guideline study. [PDF]
Underlying study from 1985 that is alleged to be the basis
for Massachusetts’ child support guidelines.
Analysis:
Economics Based Recommendations for Reform [PDF]
by R. Mark Rogers.
Rogers discusses key economic issues that needed to be covered
in the most recent Massachusetts child support guideline review.
Massachusetts' guidelines conflict with its underlying economic
study and drastically overstate child costs.
Analysis:
New Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines [PDF]
by David B. Weden III, CFA.
Summary of minor changes made to child support guidelines
in Massachusetts, effective February 15, 2002, pursuant to
quadrennial review as conducted by Massachusetts Trial Court
in 2001. The author reviews changes and critiques the continuing
lack of basis to formula, and highlights aspects of the guidelines
that contravene rational spending patterns on children.
Bringing
Child Support Guidelines In Line [PDF] by
David B. Weden III Lawyers Journal, Massachusetts Bar
Association, April 2001, pp. 8-9.
A financial analysis critiques the Massachusetts child support
guidelines. The author delves into the procedural flaws in
the promulgation of Massachusetts’ guidelines without
any economic basis. Author discusses the fact that the state’s
guideline commission will not provide any studies to the public
to corroborate its decisions. The article also points out some
of the guidelines’ unique – but non-economic –
features that are not found in other states’ guidelines.
Massachusetts
Child Support Guidelines: Comparative Analysis
[PDF] presented to the Boston Bar Association, June 12,
2001, by David B. Weden III.
Charts and “bulleted” commentary on how Massachusetts
child support guidelines generally far exceed other states'
child support awards.
Massachusetts
Child Support Guidelines: A Benchmark Analysis
[PDF] by David B. Weden, III, September, 2000. Charts
only [PDF]
A comparison of Massachusetts’ presumptive child support
awards to various economic estimates of child costs by a financial
analyst. Comparison of Massachusetts awards to other states,
showing Massachusetts as an extreme “outlier”
on the high side for high income families. Shows after-tax,
after-child support impact of Massachusetts awards to contradict
known spending patterns on children.
Massachusetts’
1993 federally mandated review of its child support guidelines.
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