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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The Regularity of Child Support and Its Contribution to the Regularity of Income
- Yoonsook Ha, Daniel R. Meyer, and Maria Cancian
- Report
- April 2007
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Wisconsin’s 2004 Shared-Physical-Placement Guidelines: Their Use and Implications in Divorce Cases
- Patricia Brown and Maria Cancian
- Report
- March 2007
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Characteristics of Shared-Placement Child Support Formulas Used in the Fifty States
- Patricia Brown and Tonya Brito
- Report
- March 2007
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Review of Child Support Policies for Incarcerated Payers
- Jennifer L. Noyes
- Report
- December 2006
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The Stability of Child Support Orders
- Yoonsook Ha, Daniel R. Meyer, and Maria Cancian
- Report
- December 2006
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Alternative Approaches to Child Support Policy in the Context of Multiple-Partner Fertility
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- December 2006
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Comparisons of Outcomes
- Steven T. Cook and Emma Caspar
- Report
- December 2006
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The Experiences of American Indians in Wisconsin in the Child Support Demonstration Evaluation
- Steven T. Cook
- Report
- December 2006
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Review of Child Support Policies for Multiple Family Obligations: Five Case Studies
- Emma Caspar
- Report
- September 2006
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The Effects of Child Support Pass-Through and Disregard Policies
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Jen Roff
- Report
- April 2006