Best Interest: 1.29.25

How rich and middle-class divorces perpetuate class divide, news from Spain, Denmark, and learning to talk about 50/50 from Tiktok

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In this issue:

• Updates on Virginia’s crap child support bill

• A Tiktok that models effective advocacy

• How family courts are over-influenced by rich and middle-class families, and what to do about it

• Research: The Lost Dad’s Project, a paper on race and family court, the latest from Ed Kruk and sexism + alienation

• Equal parenting law updates in Spain and Denmark

Update on Virginia SB805

I’ve been working on killing SB805, which aims to raise child support payments across the board in the name of “inflation.” I testified at the Virginia Senate Courts Committee, but it was ultimately passed. All nays were members of the Black Caucus.

In meeting with House delegates this week I realize that there is an appetite to learn about common-sense, forward-thinking family law issues. I…