The effects of child support receipt and payment on stepfamily satisfaction: an exploratory study

Stepfamily adjustment was studied for the influence of payment or receipt of child support in an attempt to find if remarriage altered these payments, to explore the kind of alteration and to identify other factors linked to child support compliance. Receivers reported receiving less and payers reported paying more child support, among those who reported alterations in child support. Those whose exposure was noncompliant, and those who received child support, were differentiated by very few variables. Stepfamily adjustment is not greatly affected by child support.