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.

Lenna Nepomnyaschy on the Role of Fathers in Reducing Inequality in Child Outcomes
- Lenna Nepomnyaschy
- Podcasts
- January 2019

States’ Treatment of High-Income Payers
- Molly Costanzo
- Report
- December 2018

County Performance and the Role of Incarceration
- Emma Frankham and Michael Massoglia
- Report
- July 2018

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

Comparing Income-Shares and Percentage-of-Income Child Support Guidelines
- Maria Cancian and Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- December 2017

The Role of Formal Child Support in Children’s Academic Achievement
- Vanessa Ríos-Salas
- Report
- June 2017

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

Child Support Receipt, Moves, and School Changes
- Marah A. Curtis and Emily J. Warren
- Report
- September 2015