Child Support Policy Research

IRP’s decades-long collaborations with the State of Wisconsin have led to the development of consistent income standards for determining child support awards, multiple policy evaluations of child support policy and practice initiatives, and the collection of an extended and uniquely complete series of court records of child support decisions in select Wisconsin counties.

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States’ Treatment of High-Income Payers

  • Molly Costanzo
  • Report
  • December 2018
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Post-Divorce Placement Arrangements and Children’s Test Scores

  • Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
  • Report
  • July 2018
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County Performance and the Role of Incarceration

  • Emma Frankham and Michael Massoglia
  • Report
  • July 2018
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Changes in the Incidence of Complex Families and the Implications for Child Support Orders

  • Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven T. Cook
  • Report
  • December 2017
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Comparing Income-Shares and Percentage-of-Income Child Support Guidelines

  • Maria Cancian and Molly A. Costanzo
  • Report
  • December 2017
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Reducing the Interest Rate Charged on Child Support Arrears

  • Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Serakos
  • Report
  • June 2017
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Expanding the Provision of Child Support Services to Additional Cases

  • Jennifer L. Noyes and Molly Costanzo
  • Report
  • April 2017