Child support order and payment amounts have implications for the economic well-being of noncustodial parents, custodial parents, and children. Most noncustodial parents with a child support order pay part, but not the full amount of that order; likewise, most custodial parents who are owed child support receive some support, but not the full amount they are owed.
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Who Is Not Paying Child Support?
- Maria Cancian, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- September 2021
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How States Decide on the Right Amount of Child Support When Setting Orders for Low-Income Parents
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2021
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Perceptions of Fair Treatment and Child Support
- Yoona Kim and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- July 2021
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States’ Child Support Guidelines for Children with Disabilities
- Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- April 2021
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Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansions and Child Support Outcomes
- Lindsey Bullinger, and edited by Eleanor Pratt
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2021
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Child Support in Military-Connected Wisconsin Families
- Tova B. Walsh and Rachel Reynders
- Report
- January 2021
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Exploring Paths to Child Support Compliance
- Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, Lawrence Berger, and Molly Costanzo
- Report
- May 2020
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Angela Guarin: Do Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers “Trade” Earlier Families for New Ones?
- Angela Guarin
- Podcasts
- February 13 2020
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Changes in Placement after Divorce and Implications for Child Support Policy
- Daniel R. Meyer, Marcia J. Carlson, and Md Moshi Ul Alam
- Report
- December 2019
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Satisfaction with Child Support Agency Services and Its Relationship to Child Support Payments
- Daniel R. Meyer, Yoona Kim, and Maria Cancian
- Report
- October 2019