State guidelines for calculating child support orders are established through statute, administrative regulation, and/or court rule or decision. Federal regulations require states and tribes to implement and regularly review their child support guidelines.
Wisconsin’s 2004 Shared-Physical-Placement Guidelines: Their Use and Implications in Divorce Cases
- Patricia Brown and Maria Cancian
- Report
- March 2007
Characteristics of Shared-Placement Child Support Formulas Used in the Fifty States
- Patricia Brown and Tonya Brito
- Report
- March 2007
Review of Child Support Policies for Incarcerated Payers
- Jennifer L. Noyes
- Report
- December 2006
Alternative Approaches to Child Support Policy in the Context of Multiple-Partner Fertility
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- December 2006
Review of Child Support Policies for Multiple Family Obligations: Five Case Studies
- Emma Caspar
- Report
- September 2006
The Use of Wisconsin’s Child Support Guidelines: Evidence from 2000 through 2003
- Emma Caspar, Ingrid Rothe, and Anat Yom-Tov
- Report
- July 2006
Explaining the Patterns of Child Support among Unmarried Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers in Chicago, Milwaukee and New York
- Katherine A. Magnuson
- Report
- February 2006
SSI Caretaker Cases, Child Support, and Economic Well-Being
- Hwa-Ok Park and Sandra Magaña
- Report
- October 2005
Use of Wisconsin’s Child Support Guidelines in Shared Placement Cases
- Steven T. Cook
- Report
- August 2002