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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.

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Get a child support order  Child Support Guidelines  Learn about receiving child support 
How to get a child support order  Learn about how child support is determined and paid  Child support forms  Child support forms for unmarried parents 
How to request overdue child support payments  Child Support Enforcement Division 
Learn about changing a child support order   How to ask for changes if both parties agree to the change   Required forms to ask for changes when both parties agree  How to file to change your child support if only one person wants the change  Forms to file to request a change to your child support order 
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 (changes) to child support 
Learn about non-motor vehicle suspensions for not paying child support  Reinstate your driver's license if it was suspended because you didn't pay child support 

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