Collection Services Division - Child Support and Paternity - Watonwan County Department of Human Services
Resource Name:Collection Services Division - Child Support and Paternity - Watonwan County Department of Human Services
address
715 2nd Avenue South, Saint James, MN 56081
Eligibility
- Parents of minor children if 1 parent does not live with the child
- Parents who pay child support through court-ordered income withholding
- People who have court-ordered, physical custody of a minor child
- People who receive public assistance for a minor child who lives in their home
Required documents
Hours
Application process
Fees
Service area
The Child Support Division assists with:
- Adjusting court orders based on the cost-of-living index
- Collecting and processing payments
- Establishing parentage
- Establishing and enforcing court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support
- Locating parents
- Reviewing and modifying court orders for support
- Works with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota
Minnesota Child Support Online: an interactive website developed by the State of Minnesota to provide child support participants with information about their case(s).
NOTE: Either parent of a child may get certain child support services. Parents who do not receive public assistance can apply for services at their county child support office for a one-time $25 service fee. Parents who receive public assistance for a child whose other parent does not live with them are automatically referred for services and are not charged a service fee.
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Providing organization
County human services office