Mr. Mull's December 2010 Letter to the committee. Below is the forward and table of contents for the document so you can get a feel for what is contained here.
Forward:
Previously two letters have been sent to the Kansas child support advisory committee. One titled “Actual costs in Shared Custody,” [ref. 2] and the other, “Shared Custody – A Fair Approach” [ref.4]. Both documents are included in the electronic delivery of this letter because these data are utilized and referenced in the context of this letter.
In reference 4 I stated that an 80% adjustment was the most appropriate and fit best with the data and mathematical basis. This document provides the mathematical substantiation for this value and offers the committee the methods to derive an appropriate amount.
I. Introduction. 2
II. Common Sense Check. 2
II.1 Education Expenses. 3
II.2 Comparison to Shared Expense Formula. 3
III. The Parenting Time Adjustment Innacuracy. 3
III.1 Correction Factor for Shared Residency. 5
IV. Proposed Shared Residency Adjustments. 5
V. Substantiation of Parenting Costs. 6
VI. Dissolution Burden and Shared Custody. 6
VII. Alternate parental roles. 6
VIII. Summary of changes requested. 7
IX. Further Discussion. 7
X. References. 7