Title IV-D Federal Funding Incentives & Child Support Weaponization: Federal Title IV-D funding mechanisms create systemic financial incentives for state domestic relations courts to establish primary custody designations rather than constitutional 50/50 shared parenting. Under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, state courts cannot artificially reduce a fit parent's custody to trigger federal administrative reimbursement formulas (Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645), subordinating parental rights to state fiscal interests.
Why Do Custody Courts Block 50/50 Custody with $0 Child Support?
Custody courts operate as a revenue-driven, self-protecting cartel that obstructs 50/50 parenting with zero child support because the family law system is financially dependent on Title IV-D federal matching funds (66%) and performance cash bonuses. Forcing fit parents into artificial debtor-creditor hierarchies violates the Thirteenth Amendment—an absolute constitutional prohibition barring state and private actors alike from enforcing involuntary servitude and debt peonage.
13th Amendment Involuntary Servitude vs. Title IV-D Wealth Extraction
Kail and Javi settle on 50 50 parenting and no child support.
These two young parents, Kailyn Lowry and Javi Marroquin have settled on equal parenting, 50/50, and no child support. You might think,"Aha, I bet the attorneys are pissed, no more gravy train." Or you might be thinking, "The state is never going to see a penny of their money now."
Unfortunately, this is not the case. The attorneys and the state will most likely have a second jab at their pocketbooks.
The most common reason for parents to end up in modification is the other parent gets involved in a new relationship. Both of theseyoung parents are in relationships so it is most likely just a matter of time before they end up right back in court. In fact, Iwouldn't be surprised if they end up back in court before a year is up.
As long as the courts continue to entertain a disagreement as grounds to deprive a parent and child of their rights, post divorcemodifications and enforcements will continue to fill the court dockets.
Equal Parenting for all parents is what the standard should be. Equal parenting should not be seen as a settlement! When one parent believes that they can get more than equal time if they bully you and take you to court they are much less likely to come to an agreement. Mediation fails most of the time because a parent knows they can strip the other of their equal legal rights and equal parenting time by using the state statutes and the power of the judge.
The family court system is set up to entice disagreeing parents into court. The winner could come away with quite a bounty, control over the child, more money in their pocket, control over the other parent, and even an extra bonus when the other parent gets attacked by title IV-D courts and gets thrown in jail.
Most attorneys know that as long as the laws remain the same and provide enticements and promises of unconstitutional relieve even equal parenting agreements made between parents usually end up back in court for modification because those enticements are there and they conveniently leave the door open for an unhappy parent to modify the orders any time they please because their pocketbooks benefit, the prevailing party's pocketbook benefits, and the state's coffers benefit. Ask any attorney and they will happily tell you that prettymuch anything can be used as a changed circumstance. Hell you can create a changed circumstance to get back in: change your job, get araise, get a drop in pay, child is expressing more angst in math class, the other parent has a new relationship. You name it, you can try and use it.
Equal parenting won't really be equal parenting until the courts start protecting equal parenting.
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Teen Mom Season 2 is about to be released but three of the MTV reality show stars, Chelsea Houska, Kailyn Lowry, and Leah Messer, are threatening to quit because of Jenelle Evans and Briana de Jesus.
Season 9 of Teen Mom 2 premiered on Monday, May 7. The trailer shows that there promises to be tons of relationship drama that is escalated into family court drama. Someone calls CPS out on Jenelle to do a security check on her children. She suspects her ex. One of the fathers, Adam, gets supervised visitation. Javi apologized to Kail after he and Bri broke-up. Kail and Bri were having issuesbecause Bri started dating Javi. Apparently Kail felt that Briana broke "girl code" for dating her ex.
It turns out that Kail and Javi did not end back up in court after their relationships with others. Javi decided that it was not good tobe in high conflict with the mother of his children. He tweeted that he values "a good relationship with my sons mother will makeLincoln the happiest. I lost sight of that. This trip made me realize that and I've apologized to kail for my actions." For being so young, Javi has the right idea and has his priorities straight when it comes to parenthood.
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Comparative Matrix: Direct Mutual Support vs. Title IV-D Debt Peonage
Contrasting equal shared parenting against state-sponsored financial extortion.
| Economic Dimension | The Title IV-D Family Court Machine | Equal Shared Parenting ($0 Support) |
|---|---|---|
| State Financial Motivation | Captures 66% federal matching subsidies and annual cash incentive bonuses. | Zero federal kickbacks; State has no financial claim over private family wealth. |
| Attorney Fee Churn | Endless billable hours filing modification petitions, arrears motions, and enforcement actions. | Litigation ends; both parents focus resources entirely on direct child care. |
| 13th Amendment Status | Coerced debt peonage backed by threat of incarceration and license suspension. | Direct, voluntary parental support fulfilling natural duties without involuntary servitude. |
| Parental Legal Standing | Artificial "Custodial" vs. "Non-Custodial" hierarchy turning one parent into a debtor. | Two equal, fit legal parents exercising reciprocal constitutional rights. |
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