Sentences with phrase «many custodial mothers»

According to Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2009, a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau every two years (and most recently in December 2011), there are approximately 13.7 million single parents in the United States today, and those parents are responsible for raising 22 million children.

Further, 20 % of custodial mothers see no need for the children to continue a relationship with their fathers, and 40 % of children of divorce haven't seen their father in a year.

According to the US Census Bureau, only 37 percent of custodial mothers receive the full child support payments they are due.

So, although over 80 % of custodial parents were women, 36.8 % of custodial mothers were never married.

For example, a custodial mother could lose sole custody if she denied the father the right to visit, sought to change the child's surname, and refused to let the child talk on the phone with the father.

The truth be told, many good mothers face a lot of bad days when they become custodial mothers.

The labors of solo parenting, aggravated by financial woes and worries, leave many custodial mothers harried and haggard.

According to research, about half of all children in joint physical custody see both parents at least weekly, compared to one in 10 children in traditional custody arrangements (custodial mother, noncustodial father).

In addition boys, compared with girls, may be exposed to more conflict, receive less support from parents and others (because they are believed to be tougher), and be picked on more by custodial mothers (because sons may resemble their fathers).

Most commonly, a custodial mother must establish a man's paternity before requesting child support.

In most cases, the custodial mother seeks to block the noncustodial father from exercising visitation, and in many cases, the father then withholds child support.

The emotional and psychological wear and tear on the mother, who, even if she has a cooperative former spouse, often transforms the custodial mother into an enervated and exhausted bundle of nerves.

Most courts approve a good faith move by a custodial mother that does not adversely affect the best interest of the child.

«Perhaps the most significant factor that helps us to understand why custodial mothers lack a discourse with which to voice their concerns... is that they must fight against a dominant discourse that controls all the terms of the modern custody debate.

Nonresident father contact with children and involvement in their schools within the past year are associated with the same three factors: fathers paying child support; custodial mothers being more educated; and custodial homes not experiencing financial difficulties.

Comparisons were made to determine whether the custodial mother's number of dating partners, remarriage courtship length, or the timing and sequence of typical courtship stages affected the child's adjustment and his or her relationships with the residential parents after remarriage.

The sparks start to fly when the custodial mother decides to move with the children, especially an extended distance from the non-custodial father.

For example, if the child is an infant or very young child, the non-custodial father gets several shorter periods of visitation during the week, especially if the custodial mother is breastfeeding the child.

Many times custodial mothers struggle with noncustodial fathers who violate custody and visitation court orders.

Unwed, custodial mothers reported that about half of fathers who paid no formal support made informal contributions, with one - third paying for clothing and about one - fourth paying for food.

In addition, children whose custodial mother cohabited before remarriage appeared to be more socially competent throughout the two years after remarriage, while also experiencing less negative family relationships.

In fact, Shephard (1992) reports that there is significant abuse of some custodial mothers by non-residential fathers.

Based on interviews with pairs of custodial and non-custodial parents, custodial mothers interfere with fathers» visits with their children at a rate of 20 % - 40 %.

But, Shephard (1992) reports that there is significant abuse of some custodial mothers by non-residential fathers.

How to increase parental involvement: Increase fathers» access to their children by involving custodial mothers in the programs and providing the fathers with legal services to gain visitation rights.

The program's effects were assessed using unemployment insurance records, child support agency records, and surveys of a subset of fathers in the study and the custodial mothers of their children.

For example, in one common situation, a court may award the custodial mother the marital home and give her husband cash assets even when that distribution is not equal.

In second marriages, the climb becomes even steeper when a spouse finds himself caught, for example, between the financial demands of a former wife, who is the custodial mother of his children, and his new wife, who believes the first wife is just being greedy.

The alienating parent is most often the custodial mother but alienation by non-custodial fathers or mothers was also observed.

The case vignette of Mr. and Mrs. C. in Part (I) demonstrated how a determined, unscrupulous father succeeded in wresting custody from a fit, custodial mother, who was the target parent.

Further, 20 % of custodial mothers see no need for the children to continue a relationship with their fathers, and 40 % of children of divorce haven't seen their father in a year.

In fact, the overall employment status of custodial mothers and custodial fathers looks very different.

Much of what is known about divorced fathers comes from reports of custodial mothers, surveys, or census data.

Myth — When children's relationships with their fathers falter post-divorce, a likely cause is custodial mothers» interference with the relationship.

Notably, you will not see one single individual or organization listed, even among the titular luminaries, who represent primary parenting - custodial mothers, married, unwed or divorced.

Myth — Research by Sanford Braver shows that moveaways by divorced custodial mothers harm children.

Moreover, child support payments amounted to only about 17 % of the total income of custodial mothers and their children in 1989, with the average monthly child support payments made by fathers, not including those who contributed nothing, being 277 dollars (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992).

In custodial mother families, in contrast, mother's remarriage had only a slight negative influence on adult children's relations with nonresidential biological fathers.»

Soon thereafter the joint - custodial concept came into vogue, eroding even further the time that custodial mothers were given with their children.

Not exact matches

Susan's preference for her father is quite firm; Mary Lee's desire to be in the same household as Susan predominates over her choice of her mother as the custodial parent.

She fought for a mother's right to relocate as the custodial parent.

Approximately 84 % of custodial parents are mothers who are carrying a large burden.

The 2014 case of H - R (Children)[2014] EWCC B80 (Fam)(11 April 2014) illustrates that even when faced with a mother who had repeatedly breached a contact order and then failed to attend court on three occasions in connection with enforcement hearings the court can be reluctant to go as far as imposing a custodial sentence.

A too sizable portion of my practice time is spent counseling custodial parents (typically mothers) not to undermine the other parent.

The question presented was whether the trial court erroneously assigned to the mother the burden to prove that the child's placement with her was in the child's best interests, because an established custodial environment existed with the grandparents, and whether the court's application of the Rummelt test constituted clear legal error and violated mother's fundamental liberty interest in raising her children.

Fathers» Rights: Are mothers presumed to be more suitable custodial parents than men under Texas law?

According to census data, more than 80 percent of custodial parents around the country are mothers.

However, courts are generally quite reluctant to take a child away from his or her custodial parent, particularly when that parent is the mother.

In the case where the parents are not married, most states recognize the mother as the custodial parent.

As has been seen, these findings militated almost exclusively against the mother's continuing as the custodial parent.