Fathers with joint custody pay 90.2% of all child support ordered. Those with visitation rights pay 79.1%.
Those with no access/visitation pay only 44.5%
Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173
Almost half of all mothers see no value in the father's continued contact with his children following separation or divorce. And approximately 40% of divorced mothers report interfering with the father's relationship with the children.
Source:
66% of all support not paid by non-custodial fathers is due to inability to pay.
Source: U.S. General Accounting Office Report, GAO/HRD-92-39FS, January 1992
Custodial mothers who receive a support award: 79.6%
Custodial fathers who receive a support award: 29.9%
Non-custodial mothers who totally default on support: 46.9%
Non-custodial fathers who totally default on support: 26.9%
(Data obtained by asking custodial parents)
Non-custodial mothers who pay support at any level: 20.0%
Non-custodial fathers who pay support at any level: 61.0%
(Data obtained by asking custodial
parents)
All the following are for custodial parents:
Single mothers who work less than full time: 66.2%
Single fathers who work less than full time: 10.2%
Single mothers who work more than 44 hours per week: 7.0%
Single fathers who work more than 44 hours per week: 24.5%
Single mothers who receive public assistance: 46.2%
Single fathers who receive public assistance: 20.8%
Source:
Technical Analysis Paper No. 42,
"Economically fathers and mothers on average fare almost exactly equal about one year after divorce."
Source:
(Tarcher/Putnam: 1998), p. 79
