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Final Federal-Provincial-Territorial Report on Custody Access and Child Support: Putting Children First
This paper looks at previous research, surveys and studies on the challenges faced by children and families throughout the process of family separation.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Federal-Provincial-Territorial Family Law Committee • November 01, 2002

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Center for Law and Social Policy • October 01, 1999

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Mens Studies Press • January 1, 2006

Linking Family Change, Parents’ Employment and Income and Children’s Economic Well-Being: A Longitudinal Perspective
Using data from the first two phases of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, this paper examines family income before and after family transitions such as separation and divorce.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Department of Justice Canada • 2003

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1999

How Will Welfare Reform Affect Childbearing and Family Structure Decisions?
This paper provides evidence that reforms to the welfare system have been moderately successful both in encouraging marriage and in discouraging divorce, avoidance of child support, living separately from relatives, and childbearing while unmarried or on welfare.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 2001

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > 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: Parenthood/Childrearing > 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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• House of Commons • October 22, 1996

The Assets of Canadian Families, 1997
This paper examines families involved with family service agencies, and assesses the positive changes that are occurring as a result of these services.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Canadian Policy Research Networks • April 01, 1999

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

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

Mothers, Fathers and Children after Divorce: The Role of Institutions
This paper discusses the rising rate of divorce in the Western World and the subsequent increase in economically disadvantaged, female-headed homes.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Institute for the Study of Labor • February 2002

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation • January 2005

Face to Face With Fathers: A Report on Low-Income Fathers and Their Experience with Child Support Enforcement
This paper describes the experience of low-income, never-married fathers who are required to establish paternity and pay child support because their children are receiving public assistance.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center for Fathers, Families, and Public Policy) • 2001

Family Ties: Improving Paternity Establishment Practices and Procedures for Low-Income Mothers, Fathers, and Children
This paper discusses the legal context of paternity establishment within the framework of welfare reform in the United States, and examines low-income mothers' and fathers' perspectives on paternity establishment.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• National Women's Law Center, Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy • 2000

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy • May 2001

Cooperation and Good Cause: Greater Sanctions and the Failure to Account for Domestic Violence
This paper discusses the history and consequences of a policy in the United States which requires single mothers who are seeking public assistance to cooperate in establishing paternity and child support for their children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy) • 2000

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• National Women's Law Center, Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy • 2002

The Effect On Wisconsin’s Medicaid-Supported Birth Cost Recovery Policy
This report describes a Wisconsin program designed to help unwed mothers recover some of the costs of birth from the father of their child.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly known as the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy) • June 2004

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy) • June 2004

Recommendations for Improved Outreach to Noncustodial Parents: A Report to the State of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
This report outlines recommendations for increasing the participation of noncustodial parents in education, training, and employment programs.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Center for Fathers, Families, and Public Policy • February 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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Center for Family Policy and Practice • January 2005

Declining Employment among Young Black Less-Educated Men: The Role of Incarceration and Child Support
This paper documents a steady decline in labour force participation among young African-American men with low levels of education.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• The Urban Institute • April 2004

Leaving the Street: Young Fathers Move from Hustling to Legitimate
This report examines illegal and legitimate employment among men involved in "Fathers at Work", a national program intended to help economically disadvantaged, noncustodial fathers obtain living-wage employment, become more involved in their children's lives, and make required child support payments.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Public/Private Ventures • February 2005

The Fatherhood Movement and Domestic Violence
This paper discusses the prevalence and disclosure of domestic violence in the United States and examines the ways in which recent responsible fatherhood initiatives may contribute to domestic violence among women on public assistance.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on Fathers, Family, and Public Policy) • November 1999

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > 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

Giving Noncustodial Parents Options: Employment and Child Support Outcomes of the SHARE Program - Final Report
This study examines employment, earnings, and child support payment among noncustodial fathers who participated in SHARE (Support Has A Rewarding Effect), a program operated under a welfare-to-work grant in Washington state.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. • October 2003

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: Parenthood/Childrearing > 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: Parenthood/Childrearing > 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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 2005

Child Support and Father-Child Contact: Leveraging Panel Data to Establish a Causal Path
This paper examines the relationship between fathers' contact with their children and their payment of formal child support.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • March 2005

The Effect of Child Support Enforcement on Bargaining Power Among Married and Cohabiting Couples
This paper examines the relative bargaining power of women in married and cohabiting relationships in states with more stringent enforcement of child support payment.
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