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New Passport Requirements Force Deadbeat Parents To Pay Up

After numerous blogs detailing the problems generated by the latest passport requirements, I am thrilled to report on how some those same amendments are helping nail parents who skip out on paying child support. Three cheers for the Passport Denial Program, which has forced untold numbers of child support scofflaws to pay millions in missed payments. This program works very simply: The State Department denies passports to non-custodial parents who owe more than $2,500 in child support. Once the parents make good on their debts, they can reapply for passports. According to the federal officials, now that passports are needed … Continue reading →

More Tips To Remember When You Travel With Kids

Where are you planning to spend the Memorial Day weekend? If you are like millions of Americans you will be forgoing a relaxing weekend in your backyard for time spent on the highway, in the skies, or on the water. According to the AAA, about 38 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more this weekend, a 1.7 percent increase from last year’s holiday. Roughly 83% of them will drive, with the remainder taking airplanes, trains or other transportation. Regardless of where you are going and how you plan to get there, if you are traveling with kids … Continue reading →

Planning A European Vacation

Long before I visited a movie theater to see “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” I dreamt of strolling along the streets of Paris and exploring all that Italy had to offer. In fact, I had even completed preliminary research for a European honeymoon, but alas, we ended up getting married in Hawaii and honeymooning there. As it stands now, my dreams of taking a European holiday are permanently on hold, especially since we now have a young daughter who would rather visit Elmo than the Eiffel Tower. While we are in Elmoland a new survey found more than 64% of all … Continue reading →