Edited by Kay Cook, Professor of Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Thomas Meysen, Managing Director, SOCLES International Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Germany and Adrienne Byrt, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

‘For years, policy makers have been trying to design child support systems which help separated parents yet encourage them to take fiscal responsibility for their children. This illuminating book examines ten countries’ child support policies across six continents and provides fascinating insight into the different systems adopted. It digs deep and also considers the socio-economic and political contexts shaping those policies. The authors use this analysis to pinpoint potential changes to address “the triple bind” single parents face. An invaluable resource for scholars, students, policy makers, and anyone using child support systems. As an international family lawyer tackling international and national child support issues, I found it hugely enlightening.’

• Contents:Introduction to Single Parents and Child Support Systems xiKay Cook, Thomas Meysen, and Adrienne Byrt1 Poverty, gender and child support systems in comparativeperspective 1Adedayo Adelakun, Olanike S. Adelakun, Marisa LoBartolo, Christina Boll, Rhonda Breitkreuz, AdrienneByrt, Yiyoon Chung, Kay Cook, Laura Cuesta, AlishaGriffin, Angela Guarin, Mari Haapanen, Mia Hakovirta,Yoonkyung Kim, Eric Lee, Thomas Meysen, Zarina MdNor, Hannah Roots, Sarah Sinclair, and Christine Skinner2 The tensions embedded within parents’ access to andthe administration of child support: A cross-countryconceptual framework 20Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, and Thomas Meysen3 Australia’s child support system in the context of thewelfare system and demographic change 32Kay Cook and Sarah Sinclair4 The child support system in Canada: An overview 50Hannah Roots and Rhonda Breitkreuz5 The Colombian child support system: A hybrid approachin a challenging social and economic context 70Laura Cuesta and Angela Guarin6 Single mothers and the child support system in Finland 92Mari Haapanen and Mia Hakovirta7 Child support as part of a multifaceted but fragmentedsystem in Germany 109Christina Boll and Thomas Meysen8 Single parent families and the child support system inSouth Korea 128Yiyoon Chung, Yoonkyung Kim, and Eric Lee9 The child support system in Malaysia 144Zarina Md Nor10 The child support system and women’s access to childsupport in Nigeria 161Olanike S. Adelakun and Adedayo Adelakun11 United Kingdom and the child support system 177Christine Skinner12 The child support system in the United States of America 194Alisha Griffin13 Sticking points, blind spots and ways forward 211Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, and Thomas MeysenIndex 221

Edited by Kay Cook, Professor of Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Thomas Meysen, Managing Director, SOCLES International Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Germany and Adrienne Byrt, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

‘For years, policy makers have been trying to design child support systems which help separated parents yet encourage them to take fiscal responsibility for their children. This illuminating book examines ten countries’ child support policies across six continents and provides fascinating insight into the different systems adopted. It digs deep and also considers the socio-economic and political contexts shaping those policies. The authors use this analysis to pinpoint potential changes to address “the triple bind” single parents face. An invaluable resource for scholars, students, policy makers, and anyone using child support systems. As an international family lawyer tackling international and national child support issues, I found it hugely enlightening.’

• Contents:Introduction to Single Parents and Child Support Systems xiKay Cook, Thomas Meysen, and Adrienne Byrt1 Poverty, gender and child support systems in comparativeperspective 1Adedayo Adelakun, Olanike S. Adelakun, Marisa LoBartolo, Christina Boll, Rhonda Breitkreuz, AdrienneByrt, Yiyoon Chung, Kay Cook, Laura Cuesta, AlishaGriffin, Angela Guarin, Mari Haapanen, Mia Hakovirta,Yoonkyung Kim, Eric Lee, Thomas Meysen, Zarina MdNor, Hannah Roots, Sarah Sinclair, and Christine Skinner2 The tensions embedded within parents’ access to andthe administration of child support: A cross-countryconceptual framework 20Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, and Thomas Meysen3 Australia’s child support system in the context of thewelfare system and demographic change 32Kay Cook and Sarah Sinclair4 The child support system in Canada: An overview 50Hannah Roots and Rhonda Breitkreuz5 The Colombian child support system: A hybrid approachin a challenging social and economic context 70Laura Cuesta and Angela Guarin6 Single mothers and the child support system in Finland 92Mari Haapanen and Mia Hakovirta7 Child support as part of a multifaceted but fragmentedsystem in Germany 109Christina Boll and Thomas Meysen8 Single parent families and the child support system inSouth Korea 128Yiyoon Chung, Yoonkyung Kim, and Eric Lee9 The child support system in Malaysia 144Zarina Md Nor10 The child support system and women’s access to childsupport in Nigeria 161Olanike S. Adelakun and Adedayo Adelakun11 United Kingdom and the child support system 177Christine Skinner12 The child support system in the United States of America 194Alisha Griffin13 Sticking points, blind spots and ways forward 211Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, and Thomas MeysenIndex 221

Edited by Kay Cook, Professor of Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Thomas Meysen, Managing Director, SOCLES International Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Germany and Adrienne Byrt, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

‘For years, policy makers have been trying to design child support systems which help separated parents yet encourage them to take fiscal responsibility for their children. This illuminating book examines ten countries’ child support policies across six continents and provides fascinating insight into the different systems adopted. It digs deep and also considers the socio-economic and political contexts shaping those policies. The authors use this analysis to pinpoint potential changes to address “the triple bind” single parents face. An invaluable resource for scholars, students, policy makers, and anyone using child support systems. As an international family lawyer tackling international and national child support issues, I found it hugely enlightening.’

• Contents:Introduction to Single Parents and Child Support Systems xiKay Cook, Thomas Meysen, and Adrienne Byrt1 Poverty, gender and child support systems in comparativeperspective 1Adedayo Adelakun, Olanike S. Adelakun, Marisa LoBartolo, Christina Boll, Rhonda Breitkreuz, AdrienneByrt, Yiyoon Chung, Kay Cook, Laura Cuesta, AlishaGriffin, Angela Guarin, Mari Haapanen, Mia Hakovirta,Yoonkyung Kim, Eric Lee, Thomas Meysen, Zarina MdNor, Hannah Roots, Sarah Sinclair, and Christine Skinner2 The tensions embedded within parents’ access to andthe administration of child support: A cross-countryconceptual framework 20Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, and Thomas Meysen3 Australia’s child support system in the context of thewelfare system and demographic change 32Kay Cook and Sarah Sinclair4 The child support system in Canada: An overview 50Hannah Roots and Rhonda Breitkreuz5 The Colombian child support system: A hybrid approachin a challenging social and economic context 70Laura Cuesta and Angela Guarin6 Single mothers and the child support system in Finland 92Mari Haapanen and Mia Hakovirta7 Child support as part of a multifaceted but fragmentedsystem in Germany 109Christina Boll and Thomas Meysen8 Single parent families and the child support system inSouth Korea 128Yiyoon Chung, Yoonkyung Kim, and Eric Lee9 The child support system in Malaysia 144Zarina Md Nor10 The child support system and women’s access to childsupport in Nigeria 161Olanike S. Adelakun and Adedayo Adelakun11 United Kingdom and the child support system 177Christine Skinner12 The child support system in the United States of America 194Alisha Griffin13 Sticking points, blind spots and ways forward 211Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, and Thomas MeysenIndex 221