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Advocacy and Public Awareness
Latest statistics on Child Placement outcomes in WI: (unfortunately this is only through 2010)
HUGE difference in placement orders between divorce and never married situations:
Divorced Fathers:
2010 50/50 placement (35%) Sole (6%) Unequal(25-49%) placement (15%) Less than 25% PLACEMENT (42%)
2008: 50/50 placement (33%) Sole (6%) Unequal(25-49%) placement (18%) Less than 25% PLACEMENT(41%)
1998: 50/50 (16%) Sole (9%) Unequal (25-49%) placement (13%) Less than 25% placement (57%)
1989 50/50 (5%) Sole (9%) Unequal(25-49%) placement (7%) Less than 25% placement (76%)
SOURCE: THE GROWTH IN SHARED CUSTODY IN THE US: PATTERNS AND IMPLICATIONS March 2017* :
http://www.wisconsinfathers.org/Placement_Outcomes_Draft_Meyer Cancian Cook_27 March 2017 (2).pdf
Never Married Fathers: Voluntary Paternity (VPA)
2008: 50/50 placement 9% Sole placement 1% Primary 1% Unequal(25-49%) 7% LESS than 25% PLACEMENT 81%
2000: 50/50 3% Sole 2% Primary 0.2% Unequal (25-49%) 3% Less than 25% placement 92%
SOURCE: Children's Placement Arrangements in Divorce and Paternity Cases in WI (2011) :
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/research/childsup/cspolicy/pdfs/2009-11/Task4A_CS_09-11_Final_revi2012.pdf
LEGISTLATION ACTIONS:
2005 /(2013)/ 2017:
Equal Placement Draft Bill Released for Co-Sponsorship - View here
Click here to see how your Representative voted in 2005
Equal Placement Bill - View here
2013
Equal Placement Bill - View here
Child Support Bill - View here
2017
2017: Equal Placement Bill - View here
Current equal parenting bills across the US: http://www.ilkidswin.org/2017Bills.pdf
Why Fathers Count? An interview with, Dr. Wade Horn, a clinical child psychologist and President of the National Fatherhood Initiative.
Why two parents are important. Statistics demonstrating the adverse effect of single parent families.
A Report on Gender Discrimination in the Wisconsin Family Court System
Child custody and placement
Information on child custody, placement, and enforcement including the new custody laws that went into effect on May 1, 2000.
Child Support
Go here for information about child support issues.
Family Preservation Resources to promote public policies that preserves marriages.
If you need help, contact the Wisconsin Fathers Helpline