THE SYSTEM

Time for Change​

​The system is not just rigged. It's unsound and unjust. 

 

You thought child support was about supporting kids.  So did we.

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But the laws on the books especially the formula-driven policies tied to Title IV-D don’t just miss the mark, they actively harm the people they claim to protect.

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• They punish the parent doing the most and reward the strategic under performer

• They ignore hidden wealth

• They strip judges of discretion

• And they destabilize the very families these laws were designed to support

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This is more than bad math. It’s a systemic failure.

One that’s quietly legalized financial abuse, silenced common sense, and turned children into leverage points in a game of economic power.

If you’ve ever looked at your support order and thought, “This doesn’t feel right,” you’re not imagining things.

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It’s not fair it's not even functional. And it’s time to change it.

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Child support law, as currently enacted and enforced, fails the test of soundness. It does not achieve its stated intent (protecting and stabilizing children) and introduces structural injustices through misaligned incentives and inflexible frameworks.  This paper lays bare what Pennsylvania’s child support system refuses to confront and offers a path toward a more just, sound, and child-focused approach to family support. The question is not whether reform is needed it is whether we have the courage to demand it.

 

I Object | We Object 

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