Child support services when getting cash benefits

If you are now getting cash benefits from one these programs:
  • Kinship Care
  • SSI Caretaker Supplement
  • Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families if you have a child support case with a county agency
  • W-2

You will automatically get full case management services -- also called "child support services."

Unlike other families, you:

  • do not have to apply for services
  • do not pay child support fees
  • will get your support order reviewed every 3 years
    (families not getting cash benefits may have their cases reviewed every 3 years if they ask)

Review of court orders when getting cash benefits

When getting cash benefits, your child support order will automatically be reviewed every 3 years. No fee will be charged. The review will check to see if the dollar amount in your court order is in line with the paying parent’s income.

Both parents will be asked to provide current financial information. A notice about the review’s results will be mailed to you and to the other parent.

The review might show that the dollar amount in your support order should:

  • be higher
  • be lower
  • stay the same

Your share of the child support paid will not change, you will still get about 42% of the paid support. Your cash benefits will not change.

Any change to your support order must be done through a court hearing or by an agreement approved by the court. Your child support agency can help write up the agreement. If you and the other parent write up your own agreement, your child support agency must approve the agreement.

More information about court order reviews & changes.

Go back to the Child Support & Aid/Benefit programs page


Updated July 30, 2009

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