The Consequences of Child Support Policy for Family Financial Well-Being

Autor:	Kathryn D. Rettig, Sarah C. Waiters
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Economic growth State (polity) Child support Poverty Order (exchange) media_common.quotation_subject Demographic economics Psychology Law Financial well being Demography media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. 44:1-28
ISSN:	1540-4811 1050-2556
DOI:	10.1300/j087v44n01_01
Popis:	The study examined the impact of child support policy on the financial well-being of one family experiencing divorce in Minnesota. Data were collected from a court record of a 1999 marital dissolution with joint legal and physical custody and a child support order that deviated from state guidelines. The analysis compared the needs-adjusted income the parties had while in the marriage with the needs-adjusted incomes provided by the actual child support order, and with hypothetical amounts consistent with the child support guidelines, and with the situation of sole physical custody. Financial well-being was measured using three types of ratios estimating income in relation to financial needs. Incomes were divided by (a) Federal Poverty Income Guidelines for 1999; (b) Economic Policy Institute's basic budget for Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota for 1999; and (c) USDA Parental Expenditures on Children for 1999. Results indicated that regardless of the needs standard used, the best financial outcome...
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