The Support Enforcement Services Division handles all legal issues relating to child support. This division is responsible for assisting custodial parents in receiving the basic human needs of economic and medical support. The child support enforcement program, commonly referred to as IV-D, places children first by legally requiring parents to assume responsibility for the economic and social well being, health, and stability of their children.
More specifically, the Support Enforcement Services Division focuses on the prosecution of deadbeat dads, enforces child support orders and provides assistance in establishing those orders. This office also has an investigative section, which plays an integral part in locating those parents eluding law enforcement to avoid their child support obligation.
District Attorney Earl Taylor is committed to the prosecution of those parents who do not accept the financial responsibility of their children.
If a parent feels that he/she is in need of the services provided by this division, he/she should contact the child support office to obtain an application. Upon filing this application, the office will:
- attempt to locate the absent parent using the means available to them through the State and Federal Government;
- determine whether or not paternity, or maternity, needs to be established;
- determine how much the absent parent should be paying and seek an order in that amount, or seek a modification of an existing order; and,
- enforce the order of the Court by the means available to them through the local, state and federal governments.
For more information contact Randy Wagley Assistant District Attorney in charge of support enforcement or Penne Coco, office manager.
In an effort to further combat the support enforcement crises in our state and nation, the DA has created the Parental Responsibilites Program. Headed by Keysuana Espree, this program aims to eliminate the core issues associated with non-support cases. Click here for more information.