WEST VIRGINIA
NPO AFFILIATE | WV
STATE CHAIR: Chad Phillips
VICE CHAIR: Dakota Collins
SOCIAL MEDIA & WOMEN’S OUTREACH: Samantha Smith
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2022 NPO Child Support And Shared Parenting Report Card
WHY DID WEST VIRGINIA RECEIVE A D-?
POSITIVES:
West Virginia's PTA appropriately takes into account the effect of the PTA on both parents' households.
West Virginia's PTA appropriately results in no presumptive child support transfer payment when parental income and parenting time are both equal.
NEGATIVES:
West Virginia's PTA has an extraordinarily and unjustifiably high threshold of 128 days.
West Virginia's PTA has an extremely large discontinuity (or discontinuities), creating an extremely large cliff effect or multiple cliff effects.
West Virginia's PTA significantly overestimates the fixed, duplicated costs involved in shared parenting.
Highlights:
In instances of divorce or separation:
97% of those in West Virginia believe it is in the child’s best interest to have as much time as possible with each parent.
96% in West Virginia expressed a commitment to vote their beliefs in being “more likely to vote for a candidate who supports children spending equal or nearly equal time with each parent following separation or divorce when both parents are fit and willing to be parents.
87% of those in West Virginia indicated they would support a change in West Virginia law that awards children as much time as possible with each parent.
82% believe that when there is conflict between parents, awarding sole custody to one parent increases conflict.
92% believe that West Virginia should promote shared parenting for all children with separated parents.
93% believe that both parents should have equal rights and responsibilities following divorce or separation.
