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.
How are Child Support Burdens Related to Child Support Payments, Compliance, and Regularity?
- Leslie Hodges, Daniel R. Meyer, and Maria Cancian
- Report
- March 2019
Lenna Nepomnyaschy on the Role of Fathers in Reducing Inequality in Child Outcomes
- Lenna Nepomnyaschy
- Podcasts
- January 2019
States’ Treatment of High-Income Payers
- Molly Costanzo
- Report
- December 2018
County Performance and the Role of Incarceration
- Emma Frankham and Michael Massoglia
- Report
- July 2018
Changes in the Incidence of Complex Families and the Implications for Child Support Orders
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven T. Cook
- Report
- December 2017
Comparing Income-Shares and Percentage-of-Income Child Support Guidelines
- Maria Cancian and Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- December 2017
The Role of Formal Child Support in Children’s Academic Achievement
- Vanessa Ríos-Salas
- Report
- June 2017
Holding Child Support Orders of Incarcerated Payers in Abeyance: Four Year Outcomes
- Jennifer L. Noyes, Maria Cancian, Laura Cuesta, and Vanessa Rios Salas
- Report
- April 2017