Figure 3.8 Percentage of Contested Cases by Paying and Receiving Parents' Annual Incomes

Figure 3.8 presents the proportion of cases that were contested by paying and receiving parents’ annual income. The pattern for paying parents was not consistent across income levels; however, for receiving parents the proportion of contested cases tended to decrease as income increased. However, due to the large number of cases missing data about recipient parent income, this finding should be treated with caution.