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If you have not already initiated a child support case through another state child support agency, you may make an application for child support services directly with CSS by submitting a completed Application for Child Support Services (Form: 03EN001E) to Child Support Services. You do not have to be an Oklahoma resident to apply for child ...
- Child Support Computation
The child support computation form is the legal document...
- 35 Annual Fee FAQ
You owe $35 after CSS collects and sends you $550 of child...
- Oklahoma Child Support Services Handbook
These child support services may continue after the public...
- Child Support Computation
- Oklahoma Child Support Services Handbook
- What is child support?
- Right to child support
- Who we serve
- Available services
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- Where your case is assigned
- Intergovernmental case services
- Information needed to provide child support services
- The court’s role in child support
- Child support establishment
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- Custodian - How to receive payment
- Distribution of child support payments
- Actions by Child Support Services
- Step-by-step – income assignment
Oklahoma Child Support Services (CSS) is part of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS). Our mission: To promote healthy families, we establish, monitor and enforce reliable support, while encouraging self-suficiency and strengthening relationships.
Parents have a legal duty to provide financial support for their children. The court may order either or both parents to make regular payments for a child’s living and medical expenses. These payments are called child support.
Child support payments are a basic legal right of children. Regular child support payments reduce child poverty and the need for public assistance.
We serve custodians and noncustodial parents of minor children. Custodians may be parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, court-appointed guardians, or others who care for a child. You may use CSS and a private attorney or private collection agency at the same time. However, the child support ofice must know of any legal proceedings that may affect y...
Once a case is opened, CSS provides the following services: Location of parent – CSS continuously checks federal, state and local sources to find the mailing address, employment or assets of the noncustodial parent. Employers are required to report all newly hired employees to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission within twenty days of hiring...
CSS attorneys represent the state and not individuals. CSS does not help with: Divorce actions. Legal advice. Property settlements. Visitation and custody. Collection of private attorney’s fees. Collection of unpaid child care costs and medical bills unless reduced to judgment. You may contact a private attorney for help with these issues.
Your case is automatically assigned to a child support district ofice based on Oklahoma law and policy. If an Oklahoma order for support already exists, the child support case is assigned to the child support ofice serving that jurisdiction.
CSS also serves parents who do not live in Oklahoma. Each state is required to enforce support orders entered by other states. Federal law requires all states provide locate, establishment and enforcement services. The applicant for services may be asked to complete forms to help the other state collect child support. Other states may charge a fee ...
Full name and last known address of each parent, and any other names each person is known by: nicknames, aliases, social media identities, etc. Dates of birth and documentation of Social Security numbers for each parent. Marriage license, separation order, divorce decree, protective or restraining order involving either parent, other support order,...
The judge has the final authority for deciding the amount of child support to be paid and who will make those payments. The court sets the amount of child support based on both parents’ income and the amount of time the child is in each parent’s care. The child support order includes medical support, and may include other child related expenses, li...
CSS can bring a case in district or administrative court to establish a support order. The amount of support is based on child support guidelines set by law. Oklahoma guidelines require information about the number of children, court-ordered child support paid by either parent to another family, other children of the parents, amount of income for e...
When enforcing the support order, CSS may do one or more of the following: Order income withholding from wages, unemployment, retirement, social security Title II beneits, or other income. Refer the case to take federal and state income tax refunds and other federal payments to pay child support. Seize property including bank and other financial ac...
Cooperate with CSS attempts to enforce and establish parentage and child support orders. Provide CSS with any new or existing court orders related to child support or parentage. Provide information about the noncustodial parent. Send to CSS all child support payments you receive from anyone other than CSS. Tell CSS if custody of your child changes....
Have your personal information kept confidential. Review agency records that are not restricted under confidentiality laws. Due process in actions that may affect you. Receive a record of payments made through CSS. Request genetic testing if parentage has not been legally established.
Make child support payments as ordered by the court. Provide CSS with any new or existing court orders related to child support or parentage. Report changes of address, phone numbers or employer, and e-mail addresses. Keep receipts of all of your child support payments. Tell CSS if custody of your child changes. Tell CSS if you hire an attorney for...
Child support payments sent to CSS are paid to you through the Oklahoma debit card. This card will be sent to you after CSS receives the first child support payment. You can continue receiving payments on the debit card or enroll for direct deposit. If you already receive TANF or Aged, Blind or Disabled benefits, your child support payments will be...
CSS distributes child support payments to the family as required by federal and state law: Current support is paid to the family. CSS collections on active TANF cases are kept by the state to repay the amount of TANF the family receives. CSS does not keep more than the amount of TANF paid to the family. Money collected from state tax refunds is pai...
CSS decides the best way to collect support. Remedies are selected to protect children’s and tax payers’ rights and encourage parents to support their children. CSS staff attorneys represent the state of Oklahoma and not parties to the child support case. Information provided to or obtained by CSS will only be released as needed to enforce your cas...
A court orders child support and income withholding. The income withholding order is sent to the employer. The employer deducts the child support payment and sends the payment to the Centralized Support Registry. Payments are processed and sent within two business days. Custodians receive payment by: Oklahoma debit card – money on the card can be a...
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First off, parents cannot waive their obligation to pay child support. In Oklahoma, children are entitled to support until they are 18. However, if the child is in high school when they turn 18, support will continue until they graduate or turn 19. For parents with more than one child, support will not end once one child is no longer qualified ...
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You can find it under Oklahoma law. It’s Title 43, Section 112, Subsection E. And what it provides is that “Any child shall be entitled to support by their parents until the reaches 18 years of age.”. But then it’s got a, however, although it doesn’t say, however, it says, “If a child is regularly enrolled in and attending high ...
2) How long is child support supposed to be paid under Oklahoma law? Child support must be paid until the child's 18th birthday unless the child has not graduated from high school. If the child has not graduated high school then child support continues until the child graduates from high school or turns 20, whichever occurs first.
(Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 118A (2022).) The court can order either parent to pay child support based on the criteria in the state's child support guidelines. Oklahoma's Child Support Guidelines and Calculator. Oklahoma's child support guidelines are laid out in sections 118 through 120 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes. These guidelines ...
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May 21, 2024 · Oklahoma judges typically must order the amount of support calculated by the guidelines. Still, judges can deviate from the guidelines if the deviation is in the child's best interests and: the guideline amount is unjust or inappropriate under the circumstances. the parents are represented by lawyers and have agreed to a different amount, or.
