ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was prepared for the Office of Child Support and Enforcement (OCSE) by CSR, Incorporated, in Washington, D.C., with the American Bar Association (ABA), our subcontractor, under Contract No. 105-94-8373 for an Evaluation of Child Support Guidelines. We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Charles Adams, Burt Barnow, Donald Bieniewicz, Joan Entmacher, Judge Aubrey Ford, Lynn Gold-Bikin, Lowell Groundland, Judge C. Philip Nichols, and State Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, all of whom served as members of the Expert Panel. We are grateful to the States of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin for providing the data for this study.