Custody, Access, and Child Support in Canada: Putting Children's Interests First
This consultation paper provides a forum for discussion and feedback about parenting and child support after the separation or divorce of a couple.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Department of Justice Canada • March 01, 2001

Models for Safe Child Support Enforcement
This paper presents strategies for enforcing child support payments in situations in which the mother is a victim of domestic violence.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Center for Law and Social Policy • October 01, 1999

Key Determinants of Mothers' Decisions to Allow Visits With Non-Custodial Fathers
This study examined the frequency of father-child contact and child support payments after the dissolution of a non-marital relationship to determine which factors made mothers more likely to allow fathers access to their children.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Mens Studies Press • March 22, 2004

Child Support Enforcement and Father Involvement for Children in Never-Married Mother Families
This study examines the relationship between fathers' child support payments and their involvement in their children's lives.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Mens Studies Press • January 1, 2006

Welfare Reform, Fertility, and Father Involvement
This article examines the unique role that fathers play in their children's lives, and demonstrates that public policies have considerable influence on childbearing patterns and a father's involvement with his children.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• The Future of Children • 2002

The Changing Role of Child Support among Never-Married Mothers
This paper shows that more never-married mothers are receiving child support than were in the past, although it continues to be relatively uncommon.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1999

The Politics of Fatherhood
This article outlines the statistics regarding fatherlessness and provides ...
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Political Science and Politics • December 2002

Investing in Quality Child Care: An Agenda for Action on Child Poverty
This paper focuses on child poverty in Ontario, and assesses the strategies undertaken by the government in tackling child poverty.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives • 2003

Making Ends Meet: Six Programs that Help Working Families and Employers
This paper reviews six programs intended to support working families: the Earned Income Tax Credit, food stamps, child care, health care, child support, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Center for Law and Social Policy • June 01, 2002

21 Million Children's Health: Our Shared Responsibility
This report discusses the problem of inadequate health care insurance for low-income children in single parent families, analyses the existing system, and recommends integrating health care coverage with the child support system.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor • June 2000

Custody, Access, and Child Support: Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
This report examines custody and living arrangements, access to the non-custodial parent, and the availability of child support for children of separated parents in Canada.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Department of Justice Canada • 1999

Custody, Access, and Child Support in Canada: Report on Federal-Provincial-Territorial Consultations
From April 2001 to June 2001, the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Family Law Committee asked for feedback on how the government could improve the laws and services it provided for children of separation and divorce.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Department of Justice Canada • Fall 2001

Bill-41, An Act to amend the Divorce Act, Evidence presented to the Standing Committee on Justice and Law
This page contains the minutes to a Justice Committee meeting in which ‘expert’ witnesses provide input on Bill C-41.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• House of Commons • October 22, 1996

A Report From Canada's 'Gender War Zone': Reforming The Child-Related Provisions of the Divorce Act
This study looks at ways to refocus the litigation process more on children's wellbeing without overlooking concerns about spousal abuse and its effects on children.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Canadian Journal of Family Law • August 25, 1999

Selected Statistics on Canadian Families and Family Law
This paper contains information on families in Canada, characteristics of those families, and information on family law topics such as marriage, divorce, support awards, payment of child support, and custody and access.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Department of Justice Canada • 2000

Comments on the Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Operation and the Interpretation of the Family Law Act
This document contains comments and recommendations by the Family Law Council pertaining to the Family Law Act ...
• Category: Children > Child Support
• The Family Law Council • January 01, 1993

The Voice of the Child in Divorce, Custody, and Access Proceedings
This paper suggests ways that the provincial and federal governments can give children a greater voice in divorce, custody and access proceedings.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Department of Justice Canada • 2002

Motherhood, Fatherhood: The Legal Balance
This article discusses the needs of children and parents within a divorce.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • December 1991

Family Mediation Canada Consultation on Custody, Access and Child Support
This report summarizes survey feedback from mediators regarding their perceptions of and suggestions on custody, access, and federal child support guidelines.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

The Role of the Father After Divorce
This article discusses the importance of and challenges to creating a meaningful role for fathers after a divorce.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• The Future of Children • Spring 1994

Federation of Law Societies of Canada Consultation on Child Support Guidelines and Custody and Access
This paper offers an evaluation of family law by way of a summary of survey questionnaires and workshops provided to lawyers and judges involved in divorce and child custody cases.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

Court Affirms Natural Basis for Family: Johnson-Steeves v. Lee, Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Action No. 9501 03160
This paper summarizes and comments on a case in which a woman claimed she did not have to provide a father access to his son because she became pregnant with the intention that the father would not be involved in the son’s life.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Centre for Cultural Renewal • May 27, 1997

The Interaction of Child Support and TANF: Evidence from Samples of Current and Former Welfare Recipients
This paper examines the relationship between child support and welfare receipt, with a particular focus on the potential role of child support in enabling single mothers to leave welfare and attain self-sufficiency.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation • January 2005

Child Support Policy Concepts and Proposals That Will Impact Poor Families
This brief describes proposed changes to child support laws being considered by the American government in 2001.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy • May 2001

Dollars and Sense: Improving the Determination of Child Support Obligations for Low-Income Mothers, Fathers, and Children
This report discusses the legal and policy context in which child support awards are set, reviewed, and adjusted.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• National Women's Law Center, Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy • 2002

The Effect of Child Support and Criminal Justice Systems on Low-Income Noncustodial Parents: When You Need a Safety Net, but There’s Only a Dragnet
This report explores the experiences of low-income, non-custodial fathers with the child support and criminal justice systems.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy) • June 2004

A Look at Arrests of Low-Income Fathers for Child Support Nonpayment: Enforcement, Court, and Program Practices
This series of three papers examines the incidence of paternal arrest for child support nonpayment, the court process for fathers who are arrested for nonpayment, and programs that have had success in addressing these problems.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Center for Family Policy and Practice • January 2005

Health Care Coverage Among Child Support-Eligible Children
This report examines the characteristics of children living with their mothers who are eligible for child support, and analyses the extent to which they have access to health care insurance.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation • December 2002

State Practices in Medical Child Support Cross-Program Coordination
This report examines state efforts to integrate child support enforcement programs, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and Medicaid to ensure optimal health care coverage for children in low-income families.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation • June 2003

Characteristics of Families Using Title IV-D Services in 1999 and 2001
This report examines the characteristics of single-parent families who used the child support enforcement system in 1999 and 2001.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Office of Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • October 2004

Child Support Policy Concepts and Proposals that Will Impact Poor Families
This policy brief describes proposed changes to child support legislation in the United States and discusses the effects that these changes would have on low-income families.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy • May 2001

State Policy Choices: Child Support
This report provides statistical information pertaining to state differences in child support policy and enforcement in the United States.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• National Center for Children in Poverty • September 2004

The Child Support Program: An Investment That Works
This paper outlines the merits of the American child support system and provides evidence that it renders significant benefits to children and custodial parents.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 2005

Child Support Enforcement: Incentives and Well-Being
This study examines the effectiveness of stronger child support enforcement, and assesses the impact of legislation and enforcement policies on the economic well-being of single mothers.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • February 08, 2001

The Effect of Child Support on Welfare Exits and Re-entries
This paper demonstrates that child support payments effectively enable many young mothers to stay off of welfare.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • September 2000

Street Culture Kidz
This article assesses community safety and crime prevention based on efforts to foster the healthy, secure, and prosocial development of children and youth.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy • October 01, 2000

What do Fathers Contribute to Children's Well-Being?
This paper explores the relationship between father involvement and children's social, cognitive, and educational outcomes.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Child Trends • May 01, 1999

Legal Services Commission Annual Report 2001/02
This paper discusses the Commission's concerns over the continuing rise in family and social welfare law costs, as well as its objectives to help families and children get quality legal services and access to justice.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• TSO (The Stationery Office) • July 10, 2003

Explaining Child Support Trends: Economic, Demographic, and Policy Effects
This paper examines trends in the payment of child support between 1967 and 1997.
• Category: Children > Child Support
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • January 08, 2002

Joint Legal Custody and Child Support Payments: Are There Lasting Custody Effects?
This paper examines whether or not the awarding of joint legal custody after parental divorce increases child support payments both in the short and the long t