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39 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 991 (2005-2006)
Deadbeat or Deadbroke: Redefining Child Support for Poor Fathers

handle is hein.journals/davlr39 and id is 1003 raw text is: Deadbeat or Deadbroke: Redefining
Child Support for Poor Fathers
Solangel Maldonado*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRO   DUCTION     ................................................................................................ 993
I.  FATH   ERS  M ATTER ................................................................................ 996
II. NONRESIDENT FATHERS' CONTRIBUTIONS ...................................... 1000
A .   Child  Support ............................................................................. 1000
B.    Nonfinancial Contributions ....................................................... 1004
III. REDEFINING CHILD SUPPORT ........................................................... 1008
A.    Dominant v. Community Norms ............................................... 1008
B.    Involved  Fathering   ..................................................................... 1012
C O N CLU SIO N   ................................................................................................. 1022

. Associate Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law. J.D., Columbia Law
School, 1996. I am grateful to the U.C. Davis Law Review and Professor Angela Onwuachi-
Willig for inviting me to participate in the Future of Critical Race Feminism Symposium.
Thanks to the symposium participants for their helpful comments and to Susie Cho, Jeffrey
Key, Kristan Lockett, Jody Walker, and the Seton Hall library staff for excellent research
assistance.