Child Support

​Every child deserves financial and emotional support from both parents. Child support is money a parent pays to their child's other parent or caregiver for the support of the child.  County child support offices can help get an order for support, establish parentage, collect payments and more.

​Child suppo​rt services are available to:

• Parents of minor children, if one 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.

​Services ​​provided

The Child Support Agency and County Attorney's Office work together to provide services to make sure that a child receives support.

Services provided include:

• Locating parents
• Establishing parentage
• Establishing a court order for child support
• Enforcing child support orders, including working with other states
  
• Collecting and processing payments
• Changing an existing child support order

Services provided do not include:

• Giving legal advice
• Divorces
• Parenting time and custody
• Collecting unpaid bills or debts not related to child support obligations

For more inform​ation

Call us at 651-554-5611. Learn more about the county's intera​ctive voice response system. ​

Review the Minnesota Department of Human Services website.

If you have an open child support case, register for Minnesota Child Support Online.  You can also contact your worker through this service.

​Submit documents

​Document Upload Portal (preferred and fastest method)​

Other ways to submit documents:

• Email your worker directly or email childsupport@co.dakota.mn.us.  This email address is not for case questions.
• Fax to 651-554-5936.
• Deliver to the drop box outside of the front of the Northern Service Center, 1 Mendota Road W., West St. Paul, MN 55118
• Mail to the Northern Service Center, 1 Mendota Road W.​, Suite 240, West St. Paul, MN 55118 
• Scan at a self-service scanning station at any Dakota ​County Library location.