SPIG: Child Support - Response of the UK Shared Parenting Information Group to the 1998 government report 'Children First: a new approach to child support'.
Child Support Analysis for the 21st Century - Information about and analysis of child support and the Child Support Agency, mainly for lobbyists, politicians, academics and media.
CSA Clearing House of Injustice - Campaign aims to highlight the CSA's alleged injustices. Offers advice, downloadable documents, and contacts. On-line petition and forums.
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-- Katherine Cebrian "If you light a man a fire, he will be warm for a day; if you light a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life." (Anonymous) Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to
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Now comes the mystery.
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The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry him.
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Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
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