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The Relationship Between Child Support and Parenting Time
When child support guidelines were initially drafted, it was assumed that in most instances, the lesser-time parent would be the father, the father would see the children infrequently, and the father would have a higher income than the mother. Today, more custodial parents are male than before, the wage gap between mothers and fathers has Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Author(s): J. Thomas Oldham, Jane Venohr
Keyword(s): child support, Family Law Quarterly, parenting time
Parenting Time and Child Support: Information for Fatherhood Programs and Fathers
Many fathers who participate in fatherhood programs do not live with all of their children. They often seek help from fatherhood programs to navigate the child support system, determine how they can spend more time with their children, or improve their coparenting relationships. Unfortunately, it can be quite complicated for programs to provide this assistance, Read More
Author(s): Anne Bryne, Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): child support, fatherhood, parenting time
Families in Society: What Nonresident Mothers and Fathers Have to Say About a Mother-Only Coparenting Intervention
Coparenting between mothers and nonresident fathers is a consistent predictor of positive father involvement and is shown to have a direct positive impact on children’s behavioral outcomes. While many fatherhood programs attempt to improve coparenting relationships using father-only interventions, the information on their effectiveness is mixed. Couple interventions may be more effective than father-only approaches Read More
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
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Focus Area(s): Parenting Time & Co-Parenting
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes
Oregon’s New Tool for Parents in The Child Support System: The Interactive Parenting Plan
Oregon’s Interactive Parenting Plan (IPP) is the first comprehensive, interactive tool created to generate customized parenting plans. It is the result of a joint effort of many stakeholders, including representatives of the court, the child support program, the private bar, mediators, community organizations serving families with safety issues, and experts in the field of child Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Family-Centered Interventions, Parenting Time & Co-Parenting, Program Innovations
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): co-parenting, parenting time
Self-perceived Coparenting of Nonresident Fathers: Scale Development and Validation
This study reports on the development and validation of the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network coparenting perceptions scale for nonresident fathers. Although other measures of coparenting have been developed, this is the first measure developed specifically for low-income, nonresident fathers. Focus groups were conducted to determine various aspects of coparenting. Based on this, a scale Read More
Issue(s): Father Engagement & Healthy Relationships
Focus Area(s): Parenting Time & Co-Parenting
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): coparenting, fatherhood
Oregon Parenting Time Opportunities for Children: Evaluation of the Mediation and Oregon Parenting time Grant
Under a Parenting Time Opportunities for Children (PTOC) grant from the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), the Oregon Department of Justice engaged 20 mediators throughout the state to provide free mediation services to parents served by the child support agency. All of those served lacked a parenting time order and were interested in Read More
Focus Area(s): Parenting Time & Co-Parenting
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Lauren Alessi, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): #Parentingtime, child support
Where to Find Young Men – Child Support Quarterly
Child support agencies struggle to find ways to reach young men and communicate with them about paternity and child support before they become embroiled in the child support system. The outreach efforts conducted to date at hospitals and birthing centers, prenatal programs, and WIC programs, are typically sparsely attended by men (See companion article, “Outreaching Read More
Issue(s): Economic Security & Healthcare, Father Engagement & Healthy Relationships
Focus Area(s): Fatherhood Programs, Healthcare, Parenting Time & Co-Parenting
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): paternity, pregnancy prevention
Establishing Parenting Time in Child Support Cases: New Opportunities and Challenges
Despite dramatic increases in collections, child support frequently fails to be the linchpin to family self-sufficiency that it could be, and many researchers, advocates and policymakers have concluded that future progress in collections will require making the child support system more fair and responsive to its growing poor, never-married caseload. High on the list of Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Parenting Time & Co-Parenting
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): child support, co-parenting
Parenting Time and Co-Parenting for Unmarried Parents
This editorial discusses the special issue which focuses on parents who were not married at the time of their children’s birth. Because their relationships are not covered by marital family law, they do not have the clearly established rights and responsibilities that divorcing parents have following their breakup. The articles in this issue examine the Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Parenting Time & Co-Parenting
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): child support, co-parenting