About the Child Support Enforcement Program

What we do

We serve Florida’s families by helping children receive the support they deserve.

We continually review and improve our services to help parents support their children.

How we do it

• Establish paternity
• Find parents
• Get child support orders
• Collect child support payments
• Send child support payments to families

Our customers

Parents: Any parent or other person who cares for a child may ask for child support services. Parents or caregivers who receive public assistance through the Department of Children and Families are automatically referred to us for child support services.

Parents who are required to pay child support: Parents can also ask for our help in arranging a convenient way to pay child support.

Possible fathers: A man who has been identified as a possible father can ask for a paternity test to find out if he is the father of the child.

We provide child support services to families in all but two Florida counties:

• In Miami-Dade County, the State Attorney’s Office provides child support services.
• In Manatee County, the Clerk of Court provides child support services.

Our partners

We rely on the help of many private partners and government agencies. The federal government, Florida’s courts, local law enforcement, financial institutions, employers, and a host of state agencies all play a part in getting child support payments to Florida’s children.

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For more information, visit the Child Support Enforcement website.