Child Custody issues

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* 1.
Currently, if a woman on public assistance gives birth to a child, the father can be held financially responsible for 50 percent of the birth costs, which are payable over 3 years. The amount that the father owes is calculated on the ability to pay. For example, a father earning $1,500 monthly would be asked to pay a maximum of $2,700 in birth costs. The most common order is $500 and interest is not charged on birth costs, so the fathers do not accrue additional debt. If the father is also on public assistance, federal law prohibits him from being charged any birth cost repayment.

Do you think current practice should continue and fathers should be required to pay birth recovery costs?

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In July 2018, the Department of Childen and Families changed an administrative rule relating to birth recovery costs from "intact families," which are unmarried parents who are living together. The Department no longer collects birth recovery costs from fathers who are living in the same residence as the mother. Previously, these fathers were subject to birth recovery costs.

Do you support this rule change?

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