The Finale? (Full Paper Attached)

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

There is not a single parent in the United States of America that doesn’t have some sort of opinion on Child Support and Child Support Laws.  Non-custodial or paying parents are in general against it.  And not against paying for the child/children but against donating their hard earned money to the custodial/receiving parent.  Most child …

Final Questions

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

Question 1: Even all the way through to the end, I still find that Kody Hetfield 11:35 pm on February 6, 2017  comment on “Unit 3 – Death of the American Dream Readings” that “It is hard to argue with factual, quantitative statistics however I also believe that the “dream” is not completely dead, although …

Assumptions in Child Support Laws and Obligations

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OSCE), a unit within the Administration for Children and Families at the United States Department of Health and Human Services collects data and reports that $3.95 of Child Support was collected for every $1 of program expense in fiscal year 2000.  However, over $3 billion was spent on enforcement …

Letter to the Michigan Friend of the Court Advisory Board

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

28 Nov 2016 Good morning, I appreciate your attention to the letter and I hope you find it useful, productive and helpful. My intent is to bring to your attention some common discrimination towards fathers and/or non-custodial parents.  I would also like to recommend a solution to the growing problem I have seen in St …

What Child Support Methodologies/Guidelines are in use and what will work?

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

In order to formulate a future plan of action it is best to understand the current child support methodologies that are in place and why they don’t work and are creating the child support contraversy we have today.  The current guidelines that are out in world that we will analyze are (Page 60): The simple …

How do you write Child support laws that are equal for all parties involved?

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

How did we get to the point that all child support laws obviously benefit one parent over the other financially?  How can we fairly differentiate between what money the custodial parent is using on the child versus on themselves? Page 47 in The law and Economics of Child Support by William S. Comanor quotes a …

How do you feel about current child support laws?

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

The Law and Economics of Child Support Payments By William S. Comanor (with information from  13 contributors) “There is an increasing need for further consideration of the child support system.  My goal for this volume is that it provides an impetus for this effort.  The current system cries out for needed change.” (Page XVII) Where …

Topic 9 – Migration & Development and a little contradiction

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

“Immigrants Do Not Increase Crime, Research Shows In his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Trump named victims who were reportedly killed by undocumented immigrants and said: “They are being released by the tens of thousands into our communities with no regard for the impact on public safety or resources…We are going to build a great …

The economic question of education

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

“Students, meanwhile, are not buying education any more than the government is. They are buying degrees, whose main purpose is to signal to employers that an individual went to a—preferably highly selective—university.” “Evaluators relied so intensely on ‘school’ as a criterion of evaluation not because they believed that the content of elite curricula better prepared …

Economic Inequality, for it or not?

---Originally published by Denae Mongeon at ECON 260 Comp Econ Systems – Spring 2017 – Denae Mongeon

A radical change as is suggested by Atkinson has the potential to drastically change the course of the current economic situation of inequality; however, the fallout of such a change could create further inequality in the United States.  The reason I say this is that our current diverse economic systems (since as in the United …

First, allow me to help…

First, allow me to help you pronounce my name, it’s like Renee (or ShaNay Nay) but with a D and my last name is like dungeon with an M. Also, I am female (at work I am commonly referred to as Sir with people who I only communicate with in email, which is A LOT). I do have a full time career that is very demanding, I get called into work on weekends unexpectedly (due to emergencies that are terrible), I work 1 weekend a month, and I have to travel randomly to random places for random reasons and for random timeframes. I love my career and have for 16 years, though I am finally working on my Associates Degree in Political Science.

My main interest (which directly relates to this class) is also my next career adventure, Child Support Laws and Child Custody Laws. And to answer the next most obvious question you may be asking, yes I am a single mother who did decline my Friend of the Court rights because I think the current laws for Child Support are not followed and discriminatory towards fathers, which is why I am most interested in this subject. I haven’t really thought about different countries economic systems, but I am definitely looking forward to being able to explore how the rest of the world approaches such a personal and sensitive subject as Child Support.