The child support office can help when child support payments are not paid consistently or are past due.
If you cannot pay your child support, contact your county child support worker right away. Ask about modifying your order, setting up a payment agreement or other options.
Cases must meet certain criteria before the child support office takes enforcement action. Generally, child support policy allows enough time for you to get proper notice with options to pay the past due amount, called arrears, or to set up a payment agreement.
Some actions take time, and not all actions are appropriate for every case. The child support office and the county attorney review the case and the likelihood of success before taking some actions.
Actions may include:
- License suspension: Driver's, occupational, recreational
- Intercept income and property tax refunds and lottery winnings
- Report unpaid balances to credit bureaus
- Passport holds
- Contempt of Court proceedings for nonpayment of support
- Judgment entry
- Levy bank accounts
- Student grant holds
- Work with other states to collect
For more information on enforcement remedies, contact your assigned worker, or go to the Minnesota Department of Human Services website