Sentences with phrase «lower standard of»

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But, you'll have to show the Court that you have a lower standard of living than the other parent in order to get a few more dollars a week as a recipient or reduce your payment by a couple of dollars.

If the parent claiming undue hardship lives in the household with the lower standard of living and the other parent or the judge agrees that there is undue hardship, then the parents or the judge can change the child support amount that would otherwise be payable under the Federal Guidelines.

Federal policies clearly state that adoptive parents should not be forced to lower their standard of living to bring a special needs child into their life (Section 8.2 A. 2 of the Child Welfare Policy Manual).

Consequently, a lower standard of lawyering has been created, where rather than focusing on solving the original problem, lawyers instead create more problems and rack up billable hours doing so.

Put another way, higher SES families don't have the additional stress that a lower standard of living can cause, and may be able to use financial resources to free up more time to heal through rituals (e.g., Friday night movies and pizza), greater exposure to extended family, etc....

While the pay varies between states, something to also consider is a potential lower standard of living.

Hence, as compared to the ICJ's position, the NPR uses an arguably lower standard of «vital interests» and, at the same time, does not limit it to the situation of an actual armed conflict.

The downside is that while HDR10 is more open, it holds to a lower standard of video quality than Dolby Vision, mastering content at 1,000 nits of brightness compared to Dolby Vision's theoretical 10,000 - nit limit.

The end result is either a lower standard of living for the same amount of labor or the same standard of living for an increased amount of labor.

The implication was that North American Facebook users would get a lower standard of data protection than their European counterparts — which naturally set the internet alight — but Zuckerberg was quick to refute Reuters» claims.

You would not want to lower your standard of living or change your lifestyle due to lack of funds.

Canadians have a high expectation of privacy in both and the state's invasion of that privacy ought to be based on reasonable grounds to believe and not a lower standard of reasonable grounds to suspect.

The first recommendation from the CMO in Good Doctors, Safer Patients is to lower the standard of proof in doctors» disciplinary hearings from the criminal to the civil standard.

Giving the lead judgment, Lord Sumption acknowledged that although litigants in person are often representing themselves through no choice of their own due to the well - publicised stringent cuts in legal aid over the last eight years, whilst the Court may be able to make allowances in respect of case management decisions, a lower standard of compliance with Civil Procedure Rules or Orders of the Court could not be justified.

This question is not resolved by the court in this case, and it appears that at least for the time being, the prosecution will be subject to a lower standard of disclosure in quasi-criminal proceedings than in criminal proceedings, notwithstanding that proceedings under each regime may impose similar if not identical punishments on those convicted.

In some circumstances, the civil courts will accept an even lower standard of causation — the «material contribution» test.

Payor must have lower standard of living than recipient.

In his doctoral thesis, recently published in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Prof. Markus Moos finds sharp declines in inflation - adjusted incomes for millennials suggesting an entire generation will experience a lower standard of living.

It gave the 2 children in their mother's care a lower standard of living than the child in his father's care.

Probably the most important point to make is that [limited scope retainers] do not import a lower standard of competence or professional conduct than the full scope retainer.

This differs from Combined Air, in which the Court of Appeal observed the question of whether there was a genuine issue requiring trial is a legal question, subject to appellate review at the lower standard of correctness.

There are numerous statutes providing various administrative bodies with a higher or lower standard of proof.

A number of the people who fall into the A2J gap are «problem clients» who «have money problems because they refuse to lower their standard of living and try to abuse pro bono programs and legal aid clinics,» Achimalbe writes.

[17] In particular, the lower standard of proof that applies in civil (as opposed to criminal) proceedings is appropriate, Professor Brown argues, because of its relation to risk management.

By doing so, the occupier will likely be held to a lower standard of care.

Massachusetts uses strict liability in dog bite cases which is a lower standard of proof, to bring a personal injury claim against the dog's owner.

A sum of money awarded by the Court to the custodial parent to correct any disparity in the financial circumstances of the parties if the court finds that the disparity has resulted or will result in a lower standard of living for the child than the child would have if living with the noncustodial parent.

As the willingness of courts to pierce the corporate veil grows, there may be new situations, perhaps involving a lower standard of corporate misconduct, in which individuals are held personally liable for a corporation's misdeeds.

All we seemed to have nailed is that geosciences are held to a lower standard of tests than physics.

They are more willing to accept a lower standard of living to save the planet and three quarters of them actually believe global warming exists.

«No amount of psychological awareness will overcome people's reluctance to lower their standard of living.

Ruin the world's economies, lower our standard of living, prevent the undeveloped countries from developing, and imposing a totalitarian / communist one - world government to (not) save the planet is a good thing to do anyhow.

Punishers of the Poor Some politicians like higher energy prices because it forces Americans to use less energy and adopt a lower standard of living — just what environmental extremists want.

And what is stopping every country that wants to sign up to a legally binding framework which guarantees their populations a lower standard of living from going right ahead, and making laws which will reduce CO2 emissions?

Negligence is a lower standard of mens rea than recklessness — that is, to be reckless, one has to have behaved worse than merely being negligent.

In the short run there is pain and adjustment to a lower standard of living, (smaller cars, more frequent filling, greater expense), but in the long run our country will be much better off?

The Progressive push for a reduction in take - home pay and increase in the global price of energy will, as you implied, force rich and poor alike to accept a lower standard of living.

What will happen as a result is quite predictable: Greatly increased rates for electric power, decreased availability of the electric power so vital to our way of life, decreased reliability of the electric grid, a lower standard of living, decreased competitiveness of US products in world markets since most countries do not have such regulations, and Communist - style central control of the electric generating industry by a Washington - based bureaucracy with no understanding of the industry.

The decision to use civil Rico versus criminal for tobacco was not made to «soften» the sanctions but rather to meet the lower standard of evidence.

The source of the political angst is the semi-hidden agenda of a large portion of the people bewailing the loss of the Paris Accord — lower growth, lower standard of living, and massive wealth transfer are the motivations of the anti / post / late - capitalism crowd.

The result of shutting down existing power plants for these not - so - green alternatives will surely be blackouts and brownouts — plus higher energy prices and a lower standard of living.

«You're essentially condemning a lot of unemployed people to a much lower standard of living since in these [coal - producing] regions there are no readily available jobs that can offer salaries that compete with a coal mine,» he added.

Mr. Gore if you truly want us all to agree to massive restrictions to our freedom and a lower standard of living it's time you step up and debate.

I bet the only thing to be achieved is tripling electric bills, reducing the weight and safety of cars, and a lower standard of living for all who participate in such foolishness.

How much am I willing to lower my standard of living, if that is necessary, to avert AGW?

And note, that in absolute terms the lower the price, the lower the standard of living of the producers.

He didn't allow me to speak much, but I did get in my favorite argument about scientists needing 95 % certainty to make claim and thus being overly cautious (they need to avoid false positives in order to protect their reputations — which is understandable), while those living in the world (environmentalists, potential victims) would want to follow the «medical model» of avoiding false negatives, and would be concerned about possible problems at a much lower standard of certainty (a doctor would not tell her patient that there is only 94 % certainty the lump is cancerous, so we won't operate).

They also have a much lower standard of living.

You may need to sacrifice a city centre location to reduce cost, or choose the CBD for a slightly lower standard of accommodation than you may rent for the price in the surrounding suburbs of Sydney.