If I can’t afford an attorney; can I still get help with child support?
Yes, ask the court to put you in touch with the state agency responsible for enforcement. For most custodial parents, if there is any difficulty in collecting support, it is worthwhile applying for support enforcement services at the local child support enforcement agency. It is usually recommended that the custodial parent have the support paid through the support enforcement agency even if no problems are anticipated as most support enforcement services take care of the necessary record -keeping, provide a neutral third party to report to the court concerning any collection problems, send reminders to the payor parent, send out income executions and automatically undertake many of the enforcement methods without cost to the custodial parent in the event the payor parent does not pay support.
