Survey on Visitation and Alimony 2004

The survey on visitation and alimony in 2004 is commissioned by the Ministry of Children and Family (BFD). It is a follow-up survey to the "Survey on Visitation and Alimony 2002". The purpose of these two surveys is to evaluate the alimony reform that was enforced the 1st of October 2003. The reform introduced new rules for calculation of the alimony. Whilst the contributions before 2003 were calculated as a percentage of the maintenance payer's income, the post-2003 calculation would also take the alimony recipient's economy and child-related expenses into consideration. The main objective of the survey in 2004 was to contribute to the evaluation of the reform by mapping put the situation after the implementation of the reform. The situation before the reform was investigated in the 2002 survey. The Ministry of Children and Family was particularly eager to learn of the extent which the new rules affected the respondents' economic situation and actual time spent with the children.

2004年探视与抚养费调查由儿童与家庭部（Ministry of Children and Family, BFD）委托开展，系《2002年探视与抚养费调查》的追踪调查。两项调查的核心目的均为评估2003年10月1日起施行的抚养费改革方案。该改革引入了全新的抚养费计算规则：2003年以前，抚养费缴纳额仅以支付方的收入比例进行核算；而2003年之后的核算规则，还会将抚养费接收方的经济状况及与子女相关的开支纳入考量范围。本次2004年调查的主要目标，是通过摸排改革实施后的实际情况，为该改革的评估工作提供支持；改革前的相关状况已由2002年的调查完成调研。儿童与家庭部尤为关注新规则对受访者经济状况与实际陪伴子女时长的影响程度。