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Non-Custodial Battles: A Comparative Analysis
Benjamin, I utterly commend your thoughts and ideas displayed in your project. For many, custody battle is a very sensitive topic, however, as the composition of families has begun to change significantly, it is quite necessary for the laws in place to regulate custodial battles be changed as well. I am in agreeance with your statement indicating that we have a court system that is biased in terms of fathers having custody of their child or children. As you mentioned “the penalties for not paying child support are stiffer than those imposed on someone who keeps a child from visiting a non-custodial parent.” Personally, I’ve examined the interrelationship between child support payments to custodial mothers, visitation of noncustodial fathers,
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