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.

New Research on the Child Support Landscape in Wisconsin
- Jooyoung Kong, Lisa Klein Vogel, and Tova Walsh
- Webinar
- January 11 2023

Shared Placement, Child Support Payments, and Sharing of Child-Related Expenses: Overview and Mothers’ Perception of Fairness
- Judith Bartfeld, Trisha Chanda, Lonnie Berger, and Quentin Riser
- Report
- December 2022

Perceptions of Fairness in Child Support
- Lisa Klein Vogel, Alexis Dennis, and Nasitta Keita
- Report
- December 2022

Child Support Guidelines in Practice
- Lisa Klein Vogel, David Pate, and Nasitta Keita
- Report
- October 2022

Child Support, Child Placement, Repartnering, and Divorced Mothers’ Objective and Subjective Economic Well-Being: Insights from Combining Survey and Administrative Data
- Judith Bartfeld and Trisha Chanda
- Report
- August 2022

Who Is Not Paying Child Support?
- Maria Cancian, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- September 2021

How States Decide on the Right Amount of Child Support When Setting Orders for Low-Income Parents
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2021

Perceptions of Fair Treatment and Child Support
- Yoona Kim and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- July 2021

States’ Child Support Guidelines for Children with Disabilities
- Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- April 2021

Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansions and Child Support Outcomes
- Lindsey Bullinger, and edited by Eleanor Pratt
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2021