Petition Child Support

For custodial parents who want to petition child support payments from non-custodial children, there are a few different options. The custodial parent will have to take the non-custodial parent to court. They can receive help with this from a qualified attorney who knows the child support laws. The attorney can help the custodial parent file a petition for child support and prove the case. Another option for custodial parents is to contact the Office of Child Support Enforcement. This office can be contacted through the Department of Human Services, and is a large help to custodial parents. They can help the custodial parent establish paternity, receive a court-order for child support, and ensure that the child support is paid. They have several methods for doing this, including seizing the property of the non-custodial parent, suspending their driver's licenses, taking their wages directly from their employers, and even issuing a warrant for their arrest. It's important that custodial parents have somewhere to turn in order to receive help getting the child support payments their children deserve.

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  • It can cost a small amount of money to file a petition for child support payments.

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  • Calculating Child Support

    In general, child support is set by the trial or family court judge that issued a divorce decree.  If the chil...
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