A Fair Shared-Care Formula for Child Support

by Barry Pearson

Evidence submitted to the Social Security Select Committee

by Barry Pearson

6th September 1999

Contents
	Summary
	1	A Fair Shared-Care Formula for Child Support
		1.1	The principles of child support
		1.2	The key to a fair shared-care formula
		1.3	The fair shared-care formula itself
		1.4	The consequences of applying this fair shared-care formula
		1.5	How much does it cost to administer?
		1.6	Who are the winners and losers?
		1.7	What do other countries do?
	2	Commentary on Chapter Seven of the CSA White Paper
		2.1	Justification for criticising the White Paper
		2.2	Summary of the issues
		2.3	Flaws in the basic modification for shared care
		2.4	Flaws in the formula for exactly equal sharing of care
References
	Response by Baroness Hollis, the Minister for Child Support
	My commentary on Baroness Hollis' response
	Downloads (to obtain this paper in Word or Acrobat format)
	The copy of this paper in Hansard
	CSA White Paper - the topic of this paper

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