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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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
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Holding Child Support Orders of Incarcerated Payers in Abeyance: Four Year Outcomes

  • Jennifer L. Noyes, Maria Cancian, Laura Cuesta, and Vanessa Rios Salas
  • Report
  • April 2017
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The Use of Child Support Guidelines in Wisconsin: 2007 to 2009

  • Judi Bartfeld, Steven T. Cook, Eunhee Han
  • Report
  • September 2015
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Child Support Receipt, Moves, and School Changes

  • Marah A. Curtis and Emily J. Warren
  • Report
  • September 2015
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Child Placement Arrangements and Post-Divorce Economic Outcomes

  • Judi Bartfeld and Eunhee Han
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  • December 2014