Family Division
Child Support
Starting child support:
If you want a court
order for child support, you must file a divorce/parenting action or seek
assistance through the Department of Health and Human Services Division of Child Support Services.
Calculating child support:
To
calculate, you must complete a Child Support Guidelines
Worksheet. To assist you, a child support calculator may be found on the Department
of Health and Human Services Division of Child Support Services website.
Modifying child support:
At any time, a person paying
or receiving child support may ask the court to change the support order based
on a substantial change of circumstances. If 3 years have passed since
the last child support order was issued, either party may ask the court to
change the order without needing to show a substantial change in circumstances.
To change child support, file
a Petition to Change Court Order, together with a Personal Data Sheet.
Out-of-state
child support order:
To register or enforce a child
support order from another state, file a Petition to Register Foreign Order.
