Child Support office State programs assists custodial parents by establishing parentage and orders for child and medical support, locating noncustodial parents and their property, enforcing child and medical support orders, and modifying support orders as appropriate. In some states Non-custodial parents enrolled in an insurance plan at work may be required to include the child under this coverage while those not covered by any insurance plan may be required to obtain medical coverage, if available at a reasonable cost. Child support Programs provide assistance which helps to ensure that parents fulfill their mutual obligation to financially support and provide health care for their children.

ASK YOUR CHILD SUPPORT QUESTION

• Can you mail or email the form for a child turning 18, going to college and needs child support to be sent to her?
  A) To obtain the necessary forms for a child turning 18 who is going to college and still needs child support, you typically need to reach out to the appropriate government agency responsible for child support in your jurisdiction. The specific agency will depend on your country or state. Here are the general steps you […]
• I have a friend who is barely literate, He is paying child support ($120 weekly) for a child who is 38. y. How does he go about being released from paying?
  Q) I have a friend who is barely literate, so I am trying to help him clear this up. He is paying child support ($120 weekly) for a child who, in the meantime, is 38 years old. I suspect this is unnecessary. How does he go about being released from paying?Thank you! A) If your […]
• Child support division put a bank Levy on my bank account for “$2500 for back child support. I like my money returned.
  A) Child support division put a bank Levy on my bank account for “$2500 for back child support I have a leak somewhere in my brain traumatic brain injury old injury I like my money returned to me put back on my credit card if you can’t help me please tell me who can I […]

Steps In Establishing Child Support

1. Open a child support case

2. Locate the noncustodial parent

3. Establish paternity

4. File a child support support order

5. Set-up child support payment

6. Enforce the order

7. Review the order

Child support assistance/enforcement may be provided by private attorneys, legal clinics, family law facilitators’ offices or child support enforcement programs which are available in all states, often as a component of the district attorney’s office. Child support office services helps children receive the financial support necessary for their growth and development. Included are services for people who want to locate an absent parent; establish paternity; establish a child support order; request that the non-custodial parent provide health insurance for a child in conjunction with a child support order; change the amount of a child support award; dispute a child support award; or enforce payment of child support monies in cases where the supporting parent is delinquent in paying or refuses to pay or make health insurance arrangements altogether. Child support is money paid by one parent to another for the maintenance, including the education, of their children following the dissolution of their marriage or other relationship.

Child support office agencies provide the following services:

• locate noncustodial parents

• establish paternity

• establish and enforce support orders

• modify orders when appropriate

• collect and pay child support payments

Child Support programs promote parent accountability and self sufficiency while reducing the public’s responsibility for providing financial and medical support to children. These child support social services are available to all parents who need them.   

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