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Explaining Child Support Trends: Economic, Demographic, and Policy Effects
This paper examines trends in the payment of child support between 1967 and 1997.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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January 08, 2002
The One Hundred Billion Dollar Man The Annual Public Costs of Father Absence
This study provides an estimate of taxpayer costs in the US, in support of homes in which the father is absent.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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National Fatherhood Initiative
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2008
Full-Day Kindergarten in California Lessons from Los Angeles
This report evaluates the impact of full-day kindergarten in Los Angeles and finds small benefits for some at-risk children in certain learning areas.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Public Policy Institute of California
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September 2009
Fathering Indicators Framework: A Tool for Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
This paper outlines the responsibilities of the father to work with other agencies and care givers for the positive development of the child.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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National Center on Fathers and Families
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March 01, 2001
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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February 08, 2001
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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April 2005
You Get What You Pay For: How Federal and State Investment Decisions Affect Child Support Performance
This paper argues that the current child support system places too much emphasis on gaining a profit for the states, and does not invest enough in child support services for children and families.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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December 01, 1998
An Ounce of Prevention and a Pound of Cure: Developing a State Policy on the Payment of Child Support Arrears by Low Income Parents
This paper argues that child support payments are very important for lone mothers with low or moderate income, and demonstrates that the majority of these women receive no child support from their children's father.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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May 01, 2001
Who Pays When Paternity is Disestablished?
This paper discusses the financial implications of disestablishing paternity for parents, children, and the state.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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April 01, 2003
Child Support—an Important but Often Overlooked Issue for Low-Income Clients
This article describes the importance of child support, the child support enforcement system, the cooperation requirements for state financial assistance, and the allocation of the collected support.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Centre for Law and Social Policy
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November 01, 2002
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Family Policy and Practice
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January 2005
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Fathers, Families, and Public Policy
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February 2004
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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National Women's Law Center, Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy
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2000
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on Fathers, Family, and Public Policy)
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November 1999
The Effect of Child Support and Criminal Justice Systems on Low-Income Noncustodial Parents
This paper discusses the use of the criminal justice system to enforce child support, the impact of incarceration on child support obligations, and the circumstances leading to parental imprisonment, and other difficulties faced by this demographic of fathers.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Family Policy and Practice
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June 2004
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 term.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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California Center for Population Research
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April 2001
Union Formation Among Men in the U.S.: Does Having Prior Children Matter?
This paper looks at the relationship between parenthood status and men's union formation in the US.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Family Demographic Research
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2002
The Effect of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Union Formation
This paper investigates the effect that changing child support enforcement and welfare benefit eligibility policies have on family formation.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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June 2002/October 2003
The Effect of Child Support on Welfare Entries and Exits
This paper demonstrates that child support payments effectively enable many young mothers to stay off of welfare.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Family and Demographic Research
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September 2000
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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March 2005
Australian Social Trends 1999: Family - Living Arrangements: Caring for Children After Parents Separate
This article examines the living arrangements of children from divorced or separated homes, the frequency of contact between children and their absentee parent, and the payment of child support.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 26, 2000
Child Support Distribution and Disbursement
This report reviews the changes to child support distribution that came as a result of the 1996 welfare reform laws in the United States.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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October 01, 2000
Patterns of Child Support Compliance in Wisconsin
This paper looks at individual changes in child support compliance over a five-year period and discusses the differences between divorced and never-married fathers.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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April 01, 1997
Child Support Enforcement and Domestic Violence among Non-Cohabiting Couples
This paper examines the relationship between state policies on the enforcement of child support orders and the risk of domestic violence among parents who are not living together.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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Revised October 2003
Support Services for Incarcerated and Released Non-Custodial Parents
This paper discusses the challenges faced by incarcerated and newly released non-custodial parents who are expected to continue to make child support payments.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Welfare Information Network
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June 01, 2000
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Federal-Provincial-Territorial Family Law Committee
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Mens Studies Press
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Department of Justice Canada
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Department of Justice Canada
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Department of Justice Canada
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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House of Commons
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Canadian Policy Research Networks
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April 01, 1999
Motherhood, Fatherhood: The Legal Balance
This article discusses the needs of children and parents within a divorce.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Australian Institute of Family Studies
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Department of Justice Canada
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center for Fathers, Families, and Public Policy)
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2001
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy)
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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National Women's Law Center, Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly known as the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy)
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy)
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June 2004
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Urban Institute
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Public/Private Ventures
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February 2005
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Office of Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy
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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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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September 2004
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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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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March 2005
Promoting the Emotional Well-Being of Children and Families: Building Services and Systems to Support the Healthy Emotional Development of Young Children - An Action Guide for Policymakers
This paper discusses the need to improve family situations in which children are not getting appropriate emotional support for healthy development.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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January 2002
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.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Child Trends
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May 01, 1999
The Complexity of Fathers’ Parenting Responsibilities and Involvement with Nonresident Children
This paper examines the complexity of parenting for non-resident fathers, and looks at how the obligations and circumstances of these arrangements affect child support and visitation.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Population Studies Center
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June 2001
Measuring Father Involvement in Young Children’s Lives: Recommendations for a Fatherhood Module for the ECLS-B
This paper examines current knowledge about fatherhood, father involvement in children's lives, and the impact of father involvement on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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National Center for Education Statistics
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February 2001
Child Support and The Media
This paper discusses child support: its purpose, effect, and representation in the media.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Family Policy and Practice
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2001
Broke But Not Deadbeat: Reconnecting Low-Income Fathers and Children
This paper examines the characteristics of low-income, non-resident fathers and demonstrates that they are often unable to pay child support.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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National Conference of State Legislatures
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July 1999
Knowledge of Child Support Policy Rules: How Little We Know
This study of participants in a child support and welfare demonstration in Wisconsin reveals that many individuals have limited knowledge of child support policies and rules that pertain to them.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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April 2005
Multiple-Partner Fertility: Incidence and Implications for Child Support Policy
This paper documents the prevalence of multi-partnered fertility among welfare recipients in the United States and discusses its implications for child support and welfare policies.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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May 2005
Explaining the Trend in Teenage Birth Rates from 1981 to 1999
This paper links changes in the teenage birthrate to shifting demographic patterns, economic trends, and changing social policies.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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Revised August 2003
The Impact of Child Support on Fertility, Parental Investments and Child Well-being
This paper suggests that strict child support enforcement policies lead men to have fewer nonmarital births.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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April 11 2004
Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment
This study examines paternal involvement with children among fathers of non-marital children who voluntarily acknowledge their paternity.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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May 2005
Welfare Reform and Family Conflict Among Low-Income, Never-Married Parents
This paper discusses the increased emphasis on marriage and close parent relationships in the United States, and the potentially harmful effect that this could have on never-married parents and their children.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy)
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2001
Child Support Liability and Partnership Dissolution
This paper provides evidence that increasing child support liability for non-custodial parents significantly reduces rates of parental divorce and separation in the United Kingdom.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies
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July 22, 2004
Child Support and TANF Interaction: Literature Review
This report reviews existing literature on the role of child support payments in enabling welfare-reliant families to attain self-sufficiency.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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April 11, 2003
Maternity Leave – More Gender War
This survey asked respondents their thoughts about the possibility of extending maternity leave to two years.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Compas and The Financial Post
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August 01, 2002
The Absence of Father: Effects on Children's Development and Family Functioning
This article aims to examine the long term effect on children due to the father's absence.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The National Center on Fathers and Families
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August 01, 1995
Financial Living Standards After Divorce: A Recent Snapshot
This paper examines the post-divorce financial experiences and living standards of men and women by comparing their wages, income, housing costs, and payment or collection of child support.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Australian Institute of Family Studies
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December 01, 2000
A Look at Poor Dads Who Don't Pay Child Support
This paper examines the socio-economic, employment, and financial characteristics of nonresident fathers and the barriers that they face in paying child support.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Urban Institute
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September 01, 2000
Vulnerability to Future Dependence Among Former AFDC Mothers
This study demonstrates that a significant number of women who had formerly relied on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) returned to it after only a short period of time.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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January 01, 1995
Child Support and Children's Well-Being
This article looks at the economic disadvantages of children who live with only one biological parent, and focuses on issues pertaining to child custody and support.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars
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April 04, 2001
Support From Both Parents
This paper looks at the need for both parents in single-parent families to financially support their children.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Children's Defense Fund
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October 01, 2002
Perceived Fairness and Compliance with Child Support Obligations
This study of divorced fathers in Wisconsin investigates whether or not their perception of the fairness of their child support order affects the likelihood that they will pay.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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November 01, 1997
Policy Reforms are Needed to Increase Child Support from Poor Fathers
This paper provides a profile of poor, nonresident fathers who are unable to pay child support, and argues that the government could do more to enable them to provide for their families.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Urban Institute
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April 01, 2002
Chartier v. Chartier, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 242
This court decision aims to answer one main question: can a spouse, who has assumed the role of parent to his/her partner's child, unilaterally withdraw from that role after the union has ended in divorce.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Canada Legal Information Institute
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January 28, 1999
Child Support and the Postdivorce Economic Well-Being of Mothers, Fathers, and Children
This paper looks at the short-term financial situation of family members after a marital breakup.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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December 01, 1998
Health Insurance and Child Support
This paper discusses efforts to include health insurance as part of the child support package, and concludes that many non-custodial fathers of uninsured children cannot afford to pay for health coverage.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1994
Fathers' Perceptions of Paternal Roles: Variations by Marital Status and Living Arrangement
This study asked fathers what they perceived to be their most important parental role: financial support, direct care, love and affection, protection, discipline, or teaching life lessons.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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October 01, 2003
Child Support Gains Some Ground
This paper briefly addresses the increases in child support payments by fathers in low-income, single-parent families since the 1996 welfare reform.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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The Urban Institute
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October 01, 2003
Compliance with Child Support Orders in Divorce Cases
This study provides information about the correlation between paternal income and the likelihood of compliance with child support orders.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1994
Child Care Conference [Final Report]
This paper summarizes the findings and conclusion for the conference on child care.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Canadian Policy Research Networks
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October 01, 2002
Child Support Enforcement for Teenage Fathers: Problems and Prospects
This paper discusses the impact and likelihood of parental absence and failure to provide child support among teenage fathers.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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February 01, 1994
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