Child costs of only the custodial parent are covered by the both State Child Support Guidelines and the Federal Tax Code. Costs incurred when the child(ren) is in the non-custodial parents care i.e. housing, food, clothing, entertainment and other needs for the child(ren) do not receive similar consideration. The Guidelines do not take into account non-custodial parents are not absent and incur substantial child costs that they are barred from benefiting from. This a violation of our right to equal protection by disenfranchising a parent from benefiting based on their marital status.
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