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Child Support for Single Mothers

Here you will find helpful links to general info on all 50 states as well as organizations.

Child Support - All articles are copy right from Family Law Information at NOLO.com Child support is an emotional subject. Parents who are supposed to receive it on behalf of their children often do not. Parents who are supposed to pay it often cannot, or choose not to for a variety of reasons that are not legally recognized. It is the children who suffer the most when child support levels are inadequate or obligations are not met. Therefore, the trend in all states is to increase child support levels and the ways child support obligations can be enforced.

• Who Must Pay Child Support FAQ

Answers to commonly asked questions about when a parent must pay child support.

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Frequently asked questions to help you determine how much child support a non-custodial parent must pay.

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Know your options if you want to change a child support order.

ArrearsCalculator.com

The Arrears Calculator is an online case auditing tool that allows parents to determine how much child support is owed in their cases). For a limited time, you can try to use the Arrears Calculator for free. Please visit their Web site at: www.ArrearsCalculator.com.

Child Support Experts

• www.NationalChildSupport.com - National Child Support specializes in helping custodial parents get the child support payments they are legally entitled to receive.

• www.SupportCollectors.com - Child Support Collectors - The Child Support people

• www.SupportGuidelines.com/main.html - Comprehensive resource for the interpretation and application of child support guidelines in the United States.

• www.SupportKids.com - The Child Support Experts

• www.ChildSupport.com - Child Support Network

State Child Support Enforcement Offices

• www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs

Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement Administration for Children and Families (OCSE)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, 4th Floor

Washington, DC 20447

Website: www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse

In most states, CSE offices are listed under Department of Social Services or the human resource services agency in the government section of your phone book.

For a listing of all state offices, contact CSE office listed above.

National Child Support Enforcement Association

The voice for the child support community (NCSEA)

444 N Capitol St. Suite 414

Washington, DC 20001-1512

Phone: 1-202-624-8180

Website: www.ncsea.org

State / Toll-Free Number

• Alabama / 1-800-762-8903

• Alaska / 1-800-478-3300

• Arizona / 1-800-543-7383

• Arkansas / 1-800-264-2445

• California / 1-800-952-5253

• Colorado / 1-303-866-5994

• Connecticut / 1-800-228-5437

• Delaware / 1-302-577-4807

• DC / 1-202-724-5610

• Florida / 1-800-622-5437

• Georgia / 1-800-227-7993

• Guam / 1-671-475-3319

• Hawaii / 1-800-468-4644

• Idaho / 1-800-356-9868

• Illinois / 1-800-447-4278

• Indiana / 1-317-232-4894

• Iowa / 1-515-281-5580

• Kansas / 1-913-296-3237

• Kentucky / 1-800-248-1168

• Louisiana / 1-504-342-4780

• Maine / 1-800-371-3101

• Maryland / 1-800-638-3912

• Massachusetts / 1-800-332-2733

• Michigan / 1-517-373-7570

• Minnesota / 1-612-296-2499

• Mississippi / 1-800-562-2959

• Missouri / 1-800-859-7999

• Montana / 1-800-346-5437

• Nebraska / 1-800-831-4573

• Nevada / 1-800-992-0900

• New Hampshire / 1-800-852-3345 x4427

• New Jersey / 1-800-621-5432

• New Mexico / 1-800-432-6217

• New York / 1-800-XXX-XXXX

• North Carolina / 1-800-662-7030

• North Dakota / 1-701-224-3582

• Ohio / 1-800-686-1556

• Oklahoma / 1-800-522-2922

• Oregon / 1-503-378-5439

• Pennsylvania / 1-800-932-0211

• Puerto Rico / 1-809-722-4731

• Rhode Island / 1-800-922-0536

• South Carolina / 1-803-737-5870

• South Dakota / 1-605-773-3641

• Tennessee / 1-800-874-0530

• Texas / 1-800-252-3515

• Utah / 1-800-257-9156

• Vermont / 1-800-622-4129

• Virgin Islands / 1-809-774-5666

• Virginia / 1-800-662-1969

• Washington / 1-800-442-5437

• West Virginia / 1-800-634-4419

• Wisconsin / 1-608-266-9909

• Wyoming / 1-800-457-3659

KIDS, Ltd. - A NATIONWIDE DELINQUENT CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION AGENCY

National association of private professional collection agencies. Call for the number of the agency nearest you.

Children's Services

PO Box 691067

San Antonio, TX 78269

Phone: 1-800-729-2445

Website: www.collectchildsupport.com

Association for Children for Enforcement of Support (ACES)

2260 Upton Ave

Toledo, OH 43606

Phone: 1-800-537-7072

Phone: 1-419-472-6609

Website: www.childsupport-aces.org

EX-POSE

An organization created to help ex-spouses get information about military benefits. A small membership fee is charged for this service.

PO Box 1191

Alexandria, VA 22312

Phone: 1-703-941-5844 (weekdays)

Phone: 1-703-255-2917 (evenings or weekends)

Website: www.ex-pose.org

National Child Support Advocacy Coalition (NCSAC)

PO Box 420

Hendersonville, TN 37077-0420

Office of Child Support Enforcement

311 W Saratoga St.

Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone: 1-410-767-7619

Organization for the Enforcement of Child Support

119 Nicodemus Rd

Reisterstown, MD 21136

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