Child Support Orders and the Incarceration of Noncustodial Parents
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Poverty. The views expressed here are those of the authors alone. The authors also thank Jennifer Noyes.
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Irp Special Report Utilization and Effects on Payments of Percentage- Expressed Child Support Orders
This paper has been prepared under a contractual agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services and the Institute for Research on Poverty. Any views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions. The authors thank Dan Meyer and Pat Brown for their assistance. Abstract This report examines the use of child supp...
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