A guide to help you get the child support payments your children need & deserve. Contents: (1) Who can get help; How to apply for services; & What they cost; (2) Finding the Noncustodial Parent: State & Fed. Resources; (3) Establishing Fatherhood: Paternity; Benefits; & Voluntary acknowledgment; (4) Establishing the support order: Obligation; Guidelines; Review & modification; & Medical support; (5) Enforcement; (6) Where does the money go?; (7) ACF Health Marriage Initiative: Connection with the Child Support Enforcement Program; (8) Working Across Borders -- Coop. between States, Tribes, Countries; (9) Noncustodial Parents;¿ rights & responsibilities; Making sure the order is fair; & Maintaining a bond with children.

A "how to" guide for getting the payments owed to you and your children. Lists state and federal offices to contact for more information.

This handbook is a "how-to" guide to help you get the child support payments your children need and deserve. Sections include: how to apply for child support enforcement services . . . what they cost; finding the noncustodial parent: location; establishing fatherhood: paternity; establishing the support order: obligation; enforcing the support order: enforcement; working across state lines: interstate cooperation; glossary of child support enforcement terms; state child support enforcement offices; regional offices of the Office of Child Support Enforcement; and a form for child support enforcement records.