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Child Support

Learn more about the process of filing for, changing, and requesting child support, as well as the guidelines that determine child support.

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Child support is money one parent pays to help with a child’s financial needs when the parents don't live together anymore. The parent who the child lives with most of the time is the custodial parent. The other parent is the non-custodial parent. The non-custodial parent usually pays child support to the custodial parent.

Get child support

How to get a child support order  Learn about how child support is determined and paid  Child Support Guidelines  Child support forms  Child support forms for unmarried parents 

Get overdue child support payments

How to request overdue child support payments  Child Support Enforcement Division 

Change a child support order

Learn about changing a child support order  How to ask for changes if both parents agree to the change  Required forms to ask for changes when both parents agree  How to ask to change your child support if only one parent wants the change  Forms to file to request a change to your child support order 

Learn about license or registration suspensions for not paying child support

The RMV may suspend or revoke your learner's permit, driver's license, right to operate, and/or registration indefinitely if you fail to pay child support to the Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement Division.

Learn about suspensions for failure to pay child support  Reinstate your driver's license if it was suspended because you didn't pay child support 

Learn more about child support

Child Support Guidelines  Supplemental Probate and Family Court Rule 412: Uncontested actions to modify a judgment or order  Massachusetts law about child support  Massachusetts law about child support over age 18  Massachusetts law about modifications to child support 

Contact Information

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Locations

A list of court locations where you can get a child support order

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