In addition to a child support order, many parents who do not live together also have a legal and/or physical custody order, which specifies how decision-making responsibility and the amount of time a child spends living with each parent is allocated between them.

Recent Trends in Children’s Placement Arrangements in Divorce and Paternity Cases in Wisconsin
- Steven T. Cook and Patricia Brown
- Report
- May 2006

The Father-Child Relationship in Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment Cases
- Patricia R. Brown
- Report
- February 2006

Children’s Living Arrangements in Divorced Wisconsin Families with Shared Placement
- M. L. Krecker, P. Brown, M. S. Melli, and L. Wimer
- Report
- June 2003

Use of Wisconsin’s Child Support Guidelines in Shared Placement Cases
- Steven T. Cook
- Report
- August 2002

Placement Outcomes for Children of Divorce in Wisconsin
- Maria Cancian, Judith Cassetty, Steven T. Cook, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- January 2002