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.

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

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

Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansions and Child Support Outcomes
- Lindsey Bullinger, and edited by Eleanor Pratt
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2021

Child Support in Military-Connected Wisconsin Families
- Tova B. Walsh and Rachel Reynders
- Report
- January 2021

Exploring Paths to Child Support Compliance
- Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, Lawrence Berger, and Molly Costanzo
- Report
- May 2020

Angela Guarin: Do Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers “Trade” Earlier Families for New Ones?
- Angela Guarin
- Podcasts
- February 13 2020

Changes in Placement after Divorce and Implications for Child Support Policy
- Daniel R. Meyer, Marcia J. Carlson, and Md Moshi Ul Alam
- Report
- December 2019