Abstract Changes in family demographic patterns and the erosion of the social safety net have
contributed to the centrality of child support as a source of income for many families. Many …

Many custodial mothers and their children rely on child support to meet basic needs; yet,
most do not receive all of the support they are owed. Understanding why some fathers do not …

The COVID-19 pandemic forced human services agencies to adapt quickly to the economic
realities faced by their customers. For child support agencies, the pandemic raised difficult …

New technologies continue to push the boundaries of collaboration, bringing together
geographically dispersed people into a single, virtual space. Combined with budget pressures, the …

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Providing meaningful incentives demonstrates to respondents that researchers understand
the competing demands on their time and value their input. The effects of incentives, …

There are growing concerns that current child support guidelines may result in “too high”
orders likely to go unpaid and resulting in substantial debt. Recent federal legislation reflects …

Child support staff have an array of tools to use when noncustodial parents fail to pay. Drawing
on staff interviews, this analysis examines staff perspectives on when and how to enforce; …

Over a quarter of US children live apart from a parent (Hemez & Washington, 2021), and
children who live in custodial parent (CP) families are nearly three times as likely to experience …

Wisconsin, like all states and as required by the federal government, provides presumptive
child support guidelines for court officials to use when setting child support order amounts. …