In 1994, the State of Florida was asked by 900,000 parents for help in
making former spouses pay for support. In joint custody situations, 6-7% of parents are delinquent in making child support
payments, compared to 45-75% in sole custody cases.
90%
of fathers with joint custody pay ordered alimony/child support, compared to 79% with visitation privileges and 44% without
visitation or joint custody.
Minimum visitation as defined by
Florida amounts to 15.4% of the time with the child.
60% of joint
custodians contribute "extras" compared to 20% in sole custody situations.
Child snatching by non-custodial parents
is highly prevalent in sole custody situations and virtually non-existent in joint custody arrangements.
Only 1 in 4 U.S. families today is a nuclear family, with two married
parents and one or more children.
Fewer than 10% of divorce disputes
go to trial.
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from
single parent homes.
85% of all children with behavioral disorders
are from single parent homes.
71% of all high school dropouts are from single parent homes.
75% of adolescents in chemical abuse centers are from single parent homes.
85% of those in prison today grew up in single parent homes.
71% of pregnant teenagers are from fatherless homes.
63% of youth suicides
are from fatherless homes
