Child Support

The child support enforcement system plays a critical role in facilitating private income transfers from noncustodial parents to their nonresident children. It also functions as a cost-recovery mechanism for government expenditures on these children. The program serves a majority of custodial families and transfers a substantial amount of support. Moreover, child support receipt has been credited with considerably reducing poverty.

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The cost of breaking up

  • Laura Tach and Alicia Eads
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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The Use of Child Support Guidelines in Wisconsin: 1996 to 2007

  • Steven T. Cook and Patricia Brown
  • Report
  • December 2013
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Child Support Orders and Childcare Costs

  • Yeongmin Kim and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Report
  • December 2013
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The Child Support Referral Process for Out-of-Home Placements: Potential Modifications to Current Policy

  • Lanikque Howard, Jennifer L. Noyes, and Maria Cancian
  • Report
  • December 2013
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Are Complex Families Becoming More Common?

  • Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven T. Cook
  • Report
  • September 2013
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Refugees and the Wisconsin Child Support Enforcement System

  • Patricia R. Brown and Steven T. Cook
  • Report
  • December 2012
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Children’s Placement Arrangements in Divorce and Paternity Cases in Wisconsin

  • Patricia Brown and Steven T. Cook
  • Report
  • November 2012
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Child Support Debt: Tracing the Evolution of the Problem and Implications for Policy Solutions

  • Yeongmin Kim, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Report
  • November 2012
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Child Support Referrals for Out-of-Home Placements: A Review of Policy and Practice

  • Carol Chellew, Jennifer L. Noyes, and Rebekah Selekman
  • Report
  • October 2012
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The Wisconsin Mothers with Young Children Study (WiscMoms): Report on a Pilot Survey of Formal and Informal Support of Children in Complex Families

  • Lawrence Berger, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, Nora Cate Schaeffer, and Jessica Price
  • Report
  • October 2012