To apply for Child Support services download, print, and complete the Child Support Application and mail, fax or walk into District Attorney Family Support office.
Resources:

• Application for Child Support Services
• Solicitud de Manutención De Los Hijos

Child support agencies can try to locate the other parent using information like their date of birth and Social Security number.

It’s important to establish a legal relationship with the child. Parents can make a voluntary acknowledgement of their parentage or arrange for genetic testing.

Child support agencies can establish the child support order and determine the payment amount. They use child support guidelines to calculate how much a parent should contribute to the child’s financial support.

The most common way to pay child support is to deduct the payment from the parent’s paycheck and distribute the money to the other parent or guardian. It’s an easy way to make and keep a record of child support payments.

When the parent doesn’t pay the full amount or doesn’t pay at all, child support agencies can use enforcement remedies like:

• Withholding child support from paychecks, unemployment, or worker's compensation benefits
• Intercepting income tax refunds
• Reporting delinquent child support payments to credit bureaus

Either parent can ask their local child support office to review their order three years after the order is set. They can request a review before three years if a parent experiences substantial changes in circumstances, such as job loss or incarceration.