State guidelines for calculating child support orders are established through statute, administrative regulation, and/or court rule or decision. Federal regulations require states and tribes to implement and regularly review their child support guidelines.
How States Decide on the Right Amount of Child Support When Setting Orders for Low-Income Parents
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2021
States’ Child Support Guidelines for Children with Disabilities
- Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- April 2021
Alternative Approaches to Income Imputation in Setting Child Support Orders
- Leslie Hodges, Chris Taber, and Jeffrey Smith
- Report
- September 2019
Recent Changes to State Child Support Guidelines for Low-Income Noncustodial Parents
- Leslie Hodges and Lisa Klein Vogel
- Report
- August 2019
Child Support Payments, Income Imputation, and Default Orders
- Maria Cancian, Steven Cook, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- August 2019
The Use of Child Support Guidelines in Wisconsin: 2010 and 2013
- Leslie Hodges and Steven T. Cook
- Report
- August 2019
Cost of Raising Children and Expenditures on Children
- Cliff Robb
- Report
- June 2019
States’ Treatment of High-Income Payers
- Molly Costanzo
- Report
- December 2018
Comparing Income-Shares and Percentage-of-Income Child Support Guidelines
- Maria Cancian and Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- December 2017
The Use of Child Support Guidelines in Wisconsin: 2007 to 2009
- Judi Bartfeld, Steven T. Cook, Eunhee Han
- Report
- September 2015