Child Support Policy Research

IRP’s decades-long collaborations with the State of Wisconsin have led to the development of consistent income standards for determining child support awards, multiple policy evaluations of child support policy and practice initiatives, and the collection of an extended and uniquely complete series of court records of child support decisions in select Wisconsin counties.

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Child Placement Arrangements and Post-Divorce Economic Outcomes

  • Judi Bartfeld and Eunhee Han
  • Report
  • December 2014
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Child Support Receipt and the Quality and Stability of Housing

  • Marah A. Curtis and Emily J. Warren
  • Report
  • June 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
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  • December 2012
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Children’s Placement Arrangements in Divorce and Paternity Cases in Wisconsin

  • Patricia Brown and Steven T. Cook
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  • November 2012