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.

Effects of Medicaid Birth Cost Recovery Policy Changes on Child Support Outcomes
- Tiffany Green, Steven T. Cook, Hoa Vu
- Report
- May 2023

New Research on the Child Support Landscape in Wisconsin
- Jooyoung Kong, Lisa Klein Vogel, and Tova Walsh
- Webinar
- January 11 2023

Shared Placement, Child Support Payments, and Sharing of Child-Related Expenses: Overview and Mothers’ Perception of Fairness
- Judith Bartfeld, Trisha Chanda, Lonnie Berger, and Quentin Riser
- Report
- December 2022

Perceptions of Fairness in Child Support
- Lisa Klein Vogel, Alexis Dennis, and Nasitta Keita
- Report
- December 2022

Child Support Guidelines in Practice
- Lisa Klein Vogel, David Pate, and Nasitta Keita
- Report
- October 2022

Child Support, Child Placement, Repartnering, and Divorced Mothers’ Objective and Subjective Economic Well-Being: Insights from Combining Survey and Administrative Data
- Judith Bartfeld and Trisha Chanda
- Report
- August 2022

Who Is Not Paying Child Support?
- Maria Cancian, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- September 2021

How States Decide on the Right Amount of Child Support When Setting Orders for Low-Income Parents
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2021

Perceptions of Fair Treatment and Child Support
- Yoona Kim and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- July 2021

States’ Child Support Guidelines for Children with Disabilities
- Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- April 2021