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.

Does Debt Discourage Employment and Payment of Child Support? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
- Maria Cancian, Carolyn Heinrich, and Yiyoon Chung
- Discussion Paper
- July 2009

Factors Associated with Nonpayment of Child Support
- Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Eunhee Han
- Report
- September 2008

How Did the 2004 Change in Wisconsin’s Guidelines Affect Child Support Payments?
- Ingrid E. Rothe, Steven T. Cook, and Anat Yom-Tov
- Report
- January 2008

A Decade of Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment in Wisconsin: 1997–2007
- Patricia R. Brown and Steven T. Cook
- Report
- 2008

The Compliance of New Wisconsin Child Support Orders with the Wisconsin Guideline: Pre- and Post-2004with the Wisconsin Guideline: Pre- and Post-2004
- Ingrid Rothe, Jennifer Noyes, Lynn Wimer, and Anat Yom-Tov
- Report
- July 2007

The Regularity of Child Support and Its Contribution to the Regularity of Income
- Yoonsook Ha, Daniel R. Meyer, and Maria Cancian
- Report
- April 2007

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

The Stability of Child Support Orders
- Yoonsook Ha, Daniel R. Meyer, and Maria Cancian
- Report
- December 2006