Child Support

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    The law requires that all payments are made through the Wisconsin Support Collections Trust Fund (WI SCTF). While most child support is collected through income withholding, there are other ways of making payments. These tools can be helpful if you are self-employed, between jobs, or if you want to pay extra toward your past-due support.  Various options for submitting a payment include:
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All parents have a responsibility to financially support their children. Wisconsin's child support program helps ensure that children receive the financial support they need. 
The goal of this agency is to ensure child support laws are enforced and no child suffers economic hardship from the separation or divorce of parents or the lack of a paternity determination. 

*Note: Child support agencies do not handle child-custody/placement issues. Contact your local family court commissioner or a private attorney for help settling custody and placement disputes. 

 

Case Management Services 

  • When a parent is absent from the home in which a child is receiving most forms of public assistance, a referral is automatically made to the Child Support Agency.
  • Establishment of legal parentage. If legal parentage is contested, dna testing can be conducted to determine the probability of paternity.  Recipients of public assistance are required to assist the Child Support Agency with information to establish legal parentage. The Child Support Agency may seek reimbursement by the father for any birth costs paid by Medical Assistance.  
  • Establishment of a child support order including medical support.
  • A location process will be implemented to find absent parent(s) when child support payments are not being made pursuant to court order. This location process can also be implemented to locate any absent parent who takes a child from the custodial parent against court order. 
  • Enforcement of current and past-due support through various methods such as:
    • Income withholding
    • Tax refund and lottery winnings intercept
    • Setting up payment plans
    • Child Support liens
    • License denial
    • Judicial (court) procedures
  • Review of court orders for potential modification.

 

Child Support Online Services

You may sign up to access your account online to view case information, balances owed, view payments, print payment coupons, or update your address and/or phone number. Access your account online here. 

 

For a wealth of information regarding Wisconsin's Child Support Program please visit: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/cs/home

 

 

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