What do fathers rights groups think?
A decades-old formula for determining child support will change if Gov. Tim Pawlenty signs a bill the Legislature sent him late Monday [May 23, 2005]. It affects support collected by the state for more than 265,000 children. Under the changes, the support level would be set using both parents’ incomes instead of just one, typically the father’s wages. Minnesota is one of 13 states that currently awards payments based solely on the non-custodial parent’s income. The bill had been on the table for about seven years. “It would base support levels on gross income, not net income, which has allowed parents to hide money in 401(k) plans and other shelters,” said chief Senate author, Sen. Tom Neuville, R-Northfield. Jen Peterson, custodial mother of four, is on one side of the child support system. She says the father of her children is delinquent. My child support case has been going on for 14 years. He owes $71,360 and he owes $6,000 to the State of Minnesota for when I was on welfare. On t
