- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Jen Roff
- April 2006
- CSDE3-TD
- Link to csde3-T-D (PDF)
The authors consider a variety of policy approaches to the question of what to do with child support payments paid by a noncustodial parent on behalf of a family receiving public benefits. The report includes an analysis of the variation in pass-through/disregard policy over different periods in different states to evaluate the relationship between the disregard and pass-through level and such outcomes as paternity establishment and child support collections. The results show that higher child support disregards are associated with increased paternity establishment, while a pass-through without a disregard is less likely to yield the same benefits as a pass-through with a disregard.
Categories
Child Support, CSDE, CSDE Report, Orders & Payments, Pass-Through & Disregard, Paternity Establishment, Related Social Policies