Information About Available Services

We offer the following services:

• Establishing parentage for children born outside of marriage
• Establishing court orders for Basic Support, Medical Support, and /or Child Care Support
• Enforcing existing child support orders
• Reviewing (and if necessary, modifying) court orders
• Adjust court orders based on the cost-of-living (COLA) index
• Locating absent parents
• Identifying and verifying sources of income
• Working with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota
• Collecting payments

Services we cannot offer:

• Legal advice 
• Help with legal separation or divorce
• Establishment or enforcement of custody and parenting time (We cannot answer questions about custody or parenting time)
• Establishment or modification of spousal maintenance orders
• Collection of bills not related to child support i.e. marital related bills, attorney’s fees, property settlements
• Answers regarding right to claim children as dependents for purposes of income taxes
• Genetic testing after paternity has been established

If you need help with any of these services, you may wish to contact a private attorney.