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Child support Costs
12/03/04 07:33 PM
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I have read here that it only costs about 400 dollars a month to raise a child and how women only want child support to pay for their expensive habits. Below is quite long but worth the read it is from www.usda.gov/cnpp
Some believe that better child support enforcement and awards more in line with the cost of raising children would have little affect on single mothers and their children because of one problem: noncustodial fathers are unable to pay such support. A 1996 study generally found otherwise (12). The study found that noncustodial fathers had a significantly higher standard of living than custodial mothers. On average, noncustodial parents spent 7 percent of their before-tax income on child support in 1990; this includes fathers who do not pay child support. Among noncustodial fathers who pay child support, 60 percent spend less than 15 percent of their income on child support. The average payer provided about $3,400 in child support for two children in 1990. It was estimated that noncustodial fathers actually paid between $14 and $ 15 billion in child support in 1990 and that they could have paid between $30 and $34 billion more.
A 1997 study supported this finding when it concluded that fathers on average are able to pay nearly five times more in child support than they pay (7). Another study found that 16 to 33 percent of young noncustodial fathers (ages 18-34) had problems paying child support because of lack of income (8). More flexible child support orders are proposed for these fathers.
Original child support guidelines in many States were based on older child-rearing expense studies that yielded relatively low child-rearing expense estimates. Periodic revisions of child support guidelines need to reflect current estimates of the cost of raising children. By doing so, child support awards can improve the economic well-being of children in single-parent families.
[1] The custodial parent has primary physical care of a child. It does not necessarily mean the parent has sole legal or sole physical custody. The noncustodial parent does not have primary physical care of a child; although, a child can reside with this parent some portion of the time.
[2] The administrative report has a detailed description of the USDA methodology used to estimate child-rearing expenses and a discussion of the expenses (6).
[3] The estimates are based on all households, including those with and without specific expenses. So, for some families their expenditures may be higher or lower than the mean estimates, depending on whether they incur the expense or not. This particularly applies to child care/education for which about 50 percent of families in the study had no expenditure.
References
(1.) Barnow, B.S. 1994. Economic studies of expenditures on children and their relationship to child support guidelines. In M.C. Haynes (Ed.), Child Support Guidelines: The Next Generation (pp. 18-28). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement.
(2.) Beller, A.H. and Graham, J.W. 1993. The Economics of Child Support. Yale University Press, New Haven.
(3.) Bieniewicz, D.J. 1994. Child support guidelines developed by children's rights council. In M.C. Haynes (Ed.), Child Support Guidelines: The Next Generation (pp. 104-125). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement.
(4.) Bumpass, L.L. 1984. Children and marital disruption: A replication and update. Demography 21(1):71-82.
(5.) Dodson, D. and Entmacher, J. 1994. Report Card on State Child Support Guidelines. Women's Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC
(6.) Lino, M. 1997. Expenditures on Children by Families, 1996 Annual Report. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Miscellaneous Publication No. 1528-1996.
(7.) Miller, C., Garfinkel, I., and McLanahan, S. 1997. Child support in the U.S.: Can fathers afford to pay more? Review of Income and Wealth 43(3):261-281.
(8.) Mincy, R.B. and Sorensen, E.J. 1998. Deadbeats and turnips in child support reform. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 17(1):44-51.
(9.) Pirog-Good, M.A. 1993. Child support guidelines and the economic well-being of children in the United States. Family Relations 42:453-462.
(10.) Rothbarth, E. 1943. Notes on a method of determining equivalent income for families of different composition. In C. Madge (Ed.), War-Time Pattern of Spending and Saving. National Institute for Economic and Social Research, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
(11.) Scoon-Rogers, L. and Lester, G.H. 1995. Child Support for Custodial Mothers and Fathers: 1991. Current Population Reports, Consumer Income, Series P60-187. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
(12.) Sorensen, E. 1996. A national profile of noncustodial fathers and their ability to pay child support. Urban Institute working paper.
(13.) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Family Economics Research Group. 1992. Expenditures on a Child by Families, 1991.
(14.) U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1995. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1995. [115th ed.]
(15.) U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1995. Who receives child support? Statistical Brief 95-16.
(16.) U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1997. Median gross rent by bedrooms, unpublished table.
(17.) U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1997. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997. [117th ed.]
(18.) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement. 1990. Estimates of Expenditures on Children and Child Support Guidelines.
(19.) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement. 1994. Child Support Enforcement Nineteenth Annual Report to Congress.
(20.) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement. 1996. Evaluation of Child Support Guidelines. Volume 1: Findings and Conclusions. Volume II: Findings of State Guideline Reviews, State Guideline Studies, and Unstructured Interviews.
(21.) Williams, R.G. 1994. An overview of child support guidelines in the United States. In M.C. Haynes (Ed.), Child Support Guidelines: The Next Generation (pp. 1-17). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement.
RELATED ARTICLE: Milestones in Federal Legislation Regarding Child Support Guidelines
1975: Title IV-D of the Social Security Act:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (then named the U .S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) is given primary responsibility for "... establishing standards for State (child support) program organization. staffing, and operation to assure an effective program." However, primary responsibility for operating the child support enforcement program "... is placed on the States pursuant to the State plan."
1984: Child Support Enforcement Amendments:
States were required to "... formulate guidelines for determining appropriate child support obligation amounts and distribute the guidelines to judges and other individuals who possess authority to establish obligation amounts." The amendments, however, did not require judges and other officials to follow-these child support guidelines.
1988: Family Support Act of 1988:
Judges and other officials are required to "... use State guidelines for child support unless they are rebutted by a written finding that applying the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case." States are also required to "... review guidelines for awards every four years" and to consider economic data on the cost of raising children in this review.
1996: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act:
This act strengthened child support enforcement provisions given the link between receipt of child support and welfare dependency.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement 1994 Child Support Enforcement Nineteenth Annual Report to Congress.
Mark Lino
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
COPYRIGHT 1998 Superintendent Of Documents
COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
USDA REPORT ESTIMATES CHILD BORN IN 1999 WILL COST $160,140 TO RAISE
Release No. 0138.00
Mary Beth Schultheis (202) 720-4623
mary_beth.schultheis@usda.gov
John Webster (202) 418-2312
john.webster@usda.gov
USDA REPORT ESTIMATES CHILD BORN IN 1999 WILL COST $160,140 TO RAISE
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2000 Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today
released a new report finding that a family with a child born in 1999 can
expect to spend about $160,140 ($237,000 when adjusted for inflation) for
food, shelter, and other necessities to raise that child over the next
seventeen years.
"The cost of raising a child is jUST above 2 percent from last year, a
testament to the amazingly strong U.S. economy and our low rate of inflation,"
Glickman said.
For 1999, the child-rearing cost estimate for middle-income, two-parent
families ranges from $8,450 to $9,530, depending on the age of the child.
The report by USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion notes
that family income affects child rearing costs, with low-income families
projected to spend $117,390; middle-income families $160,140; and upper-income
families $233,850 over a seventeen year period. In 1960, a middle-income
family could expect to spend $25,230 to raise a child through age seventeen.
Housing costs are the single largest expenditure on a child, averaging
$53,310 or 33 percent of the total costs over seventeen years. Food was the
second largest expense, averaging $27,990 or 18 percent of the total.
The report notes geographic variations in the cost of raising a child,
with expenses the highest for families living in the urban West, followed by
the urban Northeast and urban South. Families living in the urban Midwest and
rural areas have the lowest child-rearing expenses.
USDA develops annual estimates on the cost of raising a child to assist
state agencies and courts in determining child support guidelines and foster
care payments.
The full report, "Expenditures on Children by Families," is available on
the web at www.usda.gov/cnpp.
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A Tired Mom in VA
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qeggleston1
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12/01/04 01:11 PM
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Re: A Tired Mom in VA
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Eric
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12/02/04 11:00 AM
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Re: A Tired Mom in VA
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qeggleston1
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12/02/04 01:32 PM
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Re: A Tired Mom in VA
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qeggleston1
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12/02/04 01:24 PM
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Tired Mom...
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Eric
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12/02/04 01:44 PM
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Re: Tired Mom...
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aussie928
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12/02/04 01:46 PM
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Child support Costs
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aussie928
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12/03/04 07:33 PM
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How is some of this possible?
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gr8Dad
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12/03/04 07:50 PM
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Re: How is some of this possible?
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aussie928
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12/03/04 09:31 PM
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The whole study is old and flawed...
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gr8Dad
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12/03/04 11:39 PM
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Re: The whole study is old and flawed...
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aussie928
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12/04/04 02:40 PM
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Of course...
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gr8Dad
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12/04/04 04:19 PM
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The courts don't seem to share your view
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Melody
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12/04/04 08:50 PM
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Re: Of course...
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aussie928
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12/04/04 05:48 PM
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And that is where we differ most...
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gr8Dad
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12/04/04 06:09 PM
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Re: And that is where we differ most...
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Gecko
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12/04/04 07:25 PM
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So you think it is fair...
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gr8Dad
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12/04/04 07:34 PM
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Re: So you think it is fair...
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Gecko
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12/05/04 03:08 PM
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Geeeeccckkkkieeee Babe?
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Eric
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12/05/04 03:26 PM
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Re: Erica Babe?
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Onyx
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12/06/04 07:20 AM
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"Personally? I never post to reply to them." (nm)
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almostheaven
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12/05/04 08:15 PM
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Re: Geeeeccckkkkieeee Babe?
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Gecko
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12/05/04 03:33 PM
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Gecko.......AND OTHERS.....
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Onyx
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12/06/04 07:28 AM
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How cute... :)
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Eric
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12/05/04 03:37 PM
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"Personally? I never post to reply to them."
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almostheaven
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12/05/04 08:16 PM
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Re: How cute... :)
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Gecko
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12/05/04 04:39 PM
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Re: How cute... :)
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aussie928
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12/05/04 03:40 PM
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Not to defend Eric, BUT...
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gr8Dad
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12/05/04 04:02 PM
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and, why would you not...
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Eric
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12/05/04 04:45 PM
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Re: and, why would you not...
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Onyx
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12/06/04 07:23 AM
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"girly man"...
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almostheaven
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12/06/04 08:39 AM
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Re: and, why would you not...
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aussie928
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12/05/04 04:50 PM
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Re: Not to defend Eric, BUT...
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Gecko
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12/05/04 04:40 PM
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Re: Not to defend Eric, BUT...
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aussie928
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12/05/04 04:33 PM
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How stupid...
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Eric
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12/05/04 04:39 PM
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"Personally? I never post to reply to them"....
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almostheaven
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12/05/04 08:17 PM
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Re: How stupid...
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aussie928
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12/05/04 04:41 PM
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Re: So you think it is fair...
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aussie928
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12/04/04 08:58 PM
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My responses, step by step...
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gr8Dad
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12/04/04 10:34 PM
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Re: My responses, step by step...
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aussie928
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12/05/04 09:28 AM
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Re: My responses, step by step...
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Grace
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12/05/04 12:45 PM
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Re: My responses, step by step...
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Eric
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12/05/04 06:15 AM
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Re: My responses, step by step...
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almostheaven
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12/05/04 01:11 PM
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Re: My responses, step by step...
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aussie928
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12/05/04 12:43 PM
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Re: My responses, step by step...
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Onyx
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12/05/04 12:00 PM
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Between you and I, Big "O,"
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Eric
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12/05/04 12:45 PM
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"Personally? I never post to reply to them." (eom)
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almostheaven
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12/05/04 01:12 PM
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Think about it...
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Eric
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12/05/04 01:14 PM
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Re: Think about it...
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aussie928
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12/05/04 01:28 PM
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"Personally? I never post to reply to them."...
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almostheaven
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12/05/04 01:14 PM
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Re: Between you and I, Big "O,"
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aussie928
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12/05/04 12:58 PM
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Re: My responses, step by step...
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aussie928
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12/05/04 08:53 AM
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Re: Of course...
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Grace
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12/04/04 04:57 PM
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The problem with using that line of thinking...
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gr8Dad
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12/04/04 05:01 PM
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Yes Gr8dad, BUT.......
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Onyx
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12/06/04 07:13 AM
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Re: The problem with using that line of thinking...
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Grace
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12/04/04 05:23 PM
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It would be an interesting study...
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gr8Dad
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12/04/04 05:32 PM
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Re: It would be an interesting study...
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aussie928
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12/04/04 09:01 PM
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No, I mean the fact that they...
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gr8Dad
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12/04/04 10:20 PM
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Re: The whole study is old and flawed...
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Onyx
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12/04/04 03:25 AM
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That is the problem with no fault divorce...
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gr8Dad
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12/04/04 04:14 PM
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Re: That is the problem with no fault divorce...
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aussie928
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12/04/04 05:24 PM
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Calm down MATE...
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gr8Dad
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12/04/04 05:35 PM
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Yup. It costs more because of lifestyle...
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almostheaven
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12/04/04 10:04 AM
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Re: A Tired Mom in VA
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aussie928
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12/02/04 01:24 PM
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Re: A Tired Mom in VA
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qeggleston1
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12/02/04 01:38 PM
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Re: A Tired Mom in VA
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aussie928
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12/02/04 01:45 PM
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They won't "stop" them...
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almostheaven
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12/01/04 04:31 PM
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