Child Support
Child Support Services
In short
Help locating parents, establishing paternity, getting and enforcing orders, collecting payments to a debit card or direct deposit. Any custodial parent/guardian (automatic referral for PA recipients); noncustodial parents can request order modifications.
- What you get
- Help locating parents, establishing paternity, getting and enforcing orders, collecting payments to a debit card or direct deposit.
- Who qualifies
- Any custodial parent/guardian (automatic referral for PA recipients); noncustodial parents can request order modifications.
- Income limit (2026)
- none ($25 annual fee in some non-PA cases collecting >$550/yr - verify).
- Papers to gather
- Other parent info, birth certificates, existing orders, income info.
- Renewal
- Ongoing.
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