How Can I Obtain A Court Order For Child Support And Health Insurance Coverage?

Other Maryland Family Law FAQs

• Q: How Do I Apply For Child Support Service?
  A: If you receive Temporary Cash Assistance or Medical Assistance, child support services will be provided free of charge. If not, you will need to complete an … More
• Q: How Can My Local Office Of Child Support Search For The Other Parent?
  A: If you cannot locate your child`s other parent, your child support enforcement office will conduct a search. To help do this, you should provide as much information … More
• Q: How Will I Receive My Money?
  A: If you receive Temporary Cash Assistance, any child support payments collected will be kept by the State as reimbursement. If you no longer receive Temporary Cash … More
• Q: How Can The Other Parent's Tax Refunds Be Intercepted?
  A: If the other parent owes arrears on a child support order, any income tax refund due may be intercepted and applied to the arrears. For instance, if you used to … More
• Q: What Do I Do If I Feel That The Court-Ordered Amount Of Child Support Is Too Low?
  A: You or the other parent may request a periodic review of your case for a possible change in the court­ordered amount of your child support. A modification may be … More
• Q: What Happens If The Other Parent Does Not Live In Maryland?
  A: Your child support enforcement office will work to collect support for your child even if the other parent lives in another state.
• Q: What Is New Hire Reporting?
  A: New Hire reporting is a process by which you, as an employer, report information on newly hired or rehired employees to a designated state agency shortly after the … More
• Q: What Will Be Done With The New Hire Information?
  A: States will match New Hire reports against their child support records to locate parents, establish an order, or enforce an existing order. Once these matches are … More
• Q: Why Have A National Directory Of New Hires?
  A: It is estimated that over 30 percent of child support cases involve parents who do not live in the same state as their children. By matching this New Hire data with … More
• Q: What Is The Expected Outcome Of This New Hire Reporting System?
  A: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has estimated that a New Hire program will increase national child support collections by $6.4 billion over the next … More