Paternity, defined as a legally recognized biological link between a father and child, must be established before a child support order can be made. For births to married couples, the husband is automatically assigned paternity. For unmarried couples, paternity can be established voluntarily or legally mandated through biological testing.
Tiffany Green on How Charging Dads for the Medicaid Costs of Their Baby’s Birth Affects Child Support
- Tiffany Green
- Podcasts
- November 08 2023
Maria Cancian on Changing Families and Changing Child Support Policies
- Maria Cancian
- Podcasts
- May 2018
A Decade of Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment in Wisconsin: 1997–2007
- Patricia R. Brown and Steven T. Cook
- Report
- 2008
The Experiences of American Indians in Wisconsin in the Child Support Demonstration Evaluation
- Steven T. Cook
- Report
- December 2006
The Effects of Child Support Pass-Through and Disregard Policies
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Jen Roff
- Report
- April 2006
Divorced Wisconsin Families with Shared Child Placements
- Patricia Brown, Eun Hee Joung, and Lawrence M. Berger
- Report
- February 2006
The Father-Child Relationship in Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment Cases
- Patricia R. Brown
- Report
- February 2006
Explaining the Patterns of Child Support among Unmarried Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers in Chicago, Milwaukee and New York
- Katherine A. Magnuson
- Report
- February 2006