Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee

The federal government requires states to review their child support guidelines every four years. The Department of Children and Families is currently identifying the scope for the next required review due in 2025.

• Effective date of guidelines: Dec. 1, 2021
• Date of next quadrennial review: Dec. 8, 2025

2020/2021 Guidelines Review Committee

Read the 2021 Child Support Guidelines Review Advisory Committee Report here.

2020/2021 Guidelines Review Committee Members

Aug. 17, 2021 Meeting

• Aug. 17 agenda
• Research Materials:
  • Flexibility, Efficiency, and Modernization in Child Support Enforcement programs; Proposed Rule
  • Center for Family Policy and Practice (CFFP) - Low-Income and Never-Married Families Paper: website with summary, Full Report
  • Wisconsin Act 35
• Presentations
  • DCF 150 Changes
  • WI Percentage of Income Standard
  • Moving Toward Justice and Equity
• Aug. 17 minutes

Sept. 2, 2021 Meeting

• Sept. 2 agenda
• Research Materials:
  • IRP The Use of Child Support Guidelines in Wisconsin: 2010 and 2013 Report: Full Report
  • IRP Child Support Payments, Income Imputation, and and the Low-Income Guidelines Report: One-Page Summary, Full Report
  • IRP Alternative Approaches to Income Imputation in Setting Child Support Orders Report: One-Page Summary, Full Report
• Presentations
  • DCF 150 Imputation of Income
  • Racial Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Support
  • The Use of Child Support Guidelines in Wisconsin
  • Child Support Payments, Income Imputation, and Default Orders
  • Alternative Approaches to Income Imputation in Setting Child Support Orders
• Sept. 2 minutes

Sept. 14, 2021 Meeting

• Sept. 14 agenda
• Research Materials:
  • IRP Cost of Raising Children and Expenditures on Children Report: One-Page Summary, Full Report
  • IRP Recent Changes to Guidelines for Low-Income Noncustodial Parents Report: One-Page Summary, Full Report
  • Child Support Guidelines Review Report 2015
  • Low Income Serial Payor Example
  • Federal Rule Wage Imputation Language
  • Equivalent Care Handout
  • DCF 105.03(3) Options for Discussion
• Presentations
  • How Much Child Support Should We Expect from Low-Income Fathers?
  • Costs of Raising Children and Expenditures on Children
  • Child Support Guidelines Advisory Panel Meetings Recap
  • Sept. 14 minutes

Sept. 30, 2021 Meeting

• Sept. 30 agenda
• Research Materials
  • DCF 150.03(3) Revised Option
  • Health Insurance Establishment Examples
  • Low Income Serial Family Example
  • Proposed Language Change to DCF 150.04(1)(b)3.a.
• Sept. 30 minutes

Background Research

• Potential Effect of a Self-Support Reserve in Wisconsin
• USDA - Expenditures of Children by Families, 2015
• New Mexico Report
• DCF 150: Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, Appendix D
• IRP Research Agreement with DCF
• The State of Working Wisconsin 2019
• Getting Blood from Stones - Article
• Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Child Support Bulletins (CSBs):
  • 20-18R SSDI Payments and Calculating Child Support
  • 20-10 Flexibility, Efficiency, and Modernization in Child Support Enforcement Final Rule - Technical Amendments
  • 18-08 Birth Cost Guidelines
  • 18-07 Support Calculations in Cases Receiving Adoption Assistance
  • 18-04 Changes to DCF 150
  • 17-14 Incarcerated Non-Custodial Parents
• Code of Federal Regulations - Guidelines for setting child support orders
• Case Law:
  • Dumler Decision