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About Child Support
Child Support
is money required by law to be paid by one
parent to another to help cover the costs of
raising their children. The HCJFS Child Support
division works to ensure that support is paid
and received by:
-
establishing
and enforcing child support orders
-
establishing
paternity (and administering paternity
tests)
-
modifying
child support orders
-
providing
other customer services
-
enforcing
spousal support
The local child support system includes:
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HCJFS
-
Hamilton
County Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Courts
-
the Hamilton
County Prosecutor’s Office, and
-
the Hamilton
County Sheriff's Department.
 The
goal of the local child support system is to
ensure that all children receive financial
support from both their parents.
A court or administrative order determines
the legal requirement to pay monthly child
support and the amount of payment. Cases
involving children born out-of-wedlock or to
parents married but separated are handled
through Juvenile Court. Divorce cases are
handled through the Court of Domestic Relations.
The Child Support division of the Ohio
Department of Job and Family Services collects
and disburses child support checks. All payments
made in Hamilton County through the Cashier's
Office (located at 800 Broadway) are sent
directly to the state account for disbursement |
