Administrative Child Support Order

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Past-Due Child Support (Arrears)

If you have been ordered to pay child support, and you fail to make a child support payment on time, the amount that was owed will become past-due child support (arrears). Unless the past-due child support is paid off, the next child support order you receive will show that you owe both the current child support payments plus the amount that is pas

Judicial Child Support Order

A judicial child support order is a legally-binding child support order that is entered by a judge in court. This means that in order to modify, enforce, or terminate a judicial child support order, you will need to file a notice motion to the other parent and have your case heard by a judge.If you have a copy of your child support order, you can t

Past-Due Alimony

If you have been ordered to pay maintenance (alimony) and you fail to make an alimony payment on time, the amount that was owed will become past-due maintenance. Unless the past-due maintenance is paid off, the next child support order you receive will show that you owe both the current alimony payments plus the past-due alimony. In Illinois, past

Project Clean Slate

Project Clean Slate is a program offered by the Department of Family Services (HFS) to help qualifying non-custodial parents pay off past-due child support (arrears).You may qualify to have all past-due child support owed to the state of Illinois erased if you can provide proof that one of the following circumstances prevented you from paying child

Modifying a Child Support Order

Modifying a child support order is the process through which certain aspects of a previously issued child support order are changed, and a new child support order is created. There are two main reasons for modifying a child support order:1. Modifying the $ amount of child support owed (including alimony and cash-medical support)Depending on the cir

Cash Medical Support

Cash medical support is a type of child support payment one can be ordered to pay or receive through a legally-binding child support order. If you are ordered to pay cash medical support, that means you have been ordered to pay a certain amount to reimburse the cost of medical services covered by Medicaid for the child. Like all other forms of chi

Temporary Child Support

Temporary child support refers to a type of child support payment to be made to your spouse or partner while the two of you are legally separated, and/or are currently in the process of dissolving your marriage (divorce) or dissolving your civil union.Generally speaking, a spouse or partner will only be ordered to pay temporary child support if bot

Child Support

Child support refers to payments made by one legal parent of a child(s) to the other legal parent towards the cost of caring for and raising a minor child. Generally speaking, the parent that makes child support payments is called the child's non-custodial parent, while the parent that receives payments is called the custodial parent. A child sup

Terminating a Child Support Order

Terminating a child support order is the process through which a child support order is declared null and void. Once a child support order is terminated, no future child support payments are owed for the child(s) on the order.Generally speaking, there are two valid reasons to terminate a child support order:the child(s) on the order is over the age

Hearing Officer

A hearing officer is an employee of either the Cook County Circuit Court or the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS). They are tasked with acting as a mediator between both parties to a case; guiding them through legal processes, and facilitating discussions.

Department of Family Services (HFS)

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is an administrative agency with two primary functions: Providing Medicaid coverage to those who qualify; and Child support enforcement services through their IV-D program Enrolling in the IV-D program gives HFS the right to establish legal parentage, as well as enter and enforce an

IV-D Program

The IV-D program, otherwise known as child support enforcement services, is a social service program run by the Illinois Department of Family Services (HFS).Parents enrolled in the IV-D program are given free assistance with: establishing a parent's legal paternity, issuing an administrative child support order, and/or enforcing a

Medicaid

Medicaid is a program managed by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) that pays for certain medical services for eligible children, senior adults, or disabled persons. Eligibility is determined by income – more information can be found here. Some things to know about Medicaid: If you are a recipient of Medicaid, you are

Administrative Case Number

In Illinois, every administrative child support case has an administrative case number. Every document you receive from the Department of Family Services (HFS) will have the administrative case number written on it. Each administrative case number contains an "H". For example: "221HXXXXXX." Note: the numbers before the "H" may be differe

Educational (College) Expenses

If you are the custodial parent of a child that is over the age of 17 and/or has graduated high school that plans on enrolling, or is currently enrolled in college or another post-secondary educational institution, you may be able to receive financial assistance from the child's non-custodial parent with college expenses.Expenses that can be covere

Child Support Order

A child support order is a legally-binding court order requiring a legal parent of a child, typically the child's non-custodial parent, to make a certain amount of child support payments on a regular basis. There are two types of child support orders: judicial child support orders, and administrative child support orders. The main difference betw

Unallocated Child Support

Unallocated child support is a type of child support payment one can be ordered to pay or receive through a legally-binding child support order. If you are ordered to pay unallocated child support by a judge in court, all of your payments are tax-deductible.All other kinds of child support payments are NOT tax-deductible for the paying parent, nor

Current Child Support

Current child support is the amount that you have been ordered to pay on a regular basis as part of a child support order. In contrast, past-due child support is the amount one is ordered to to pay if one fails to make a current child support payment on time. If one still owes current child support after failing to make a payment, the past-due

Denial of Parentage

A denial of parentage is a written document that is signed by the parent that was married to or in a civil union with the child's biological mother within 300 days of that child's birth. This parent is otherwise known as the presumed parent. By signing a denial of parentage, the presumed parent swears they are NOT the child's biological parent. An

Illinois State's Disbursement Unit (SDU)

The Illinois State's Disbursement Unit (SDU) processes all child support payments. If you have been ordered to pay child support, you may be required to make your payments directly to the SDU. You can visit their website here to view information about your case, including your payment history. In order to find out to whom child support is owed

Past-Due Cash Medical Support

If you have been ordered to pay cash medical support and you fail to make a payment on time, the amount that was owed will become past-due cash medical support. Unless the past-due cash medical support is paid off, the next child support order you receive will show that you owe both the current cash medical support payments plus the past-due cash m

Income Withholding

Income withholding is a method of child support collection. A notice of income withholding legally requires an employer to withhold a certain amount of income made by a parent paying child support from their paycheck. The income that is withheld should equal the amount of current child support owed, and sometimes plus the amount of past-due child s

Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity (VAP)

A Voluntary Acknowledgement of Parentage (VAP) is a legally-binding document that establishes one's legal parentage for a child.If you are present with the biological mother at the hospital when a child is born, and the two of you are not married, you will generally be given the option of signing a VAP. You may also request to sign a VAP for a chil

Temporary Maintenance (Alimony)

Temporary maintenance (alimony) refers to payments made to your spouse or partner while the two of you are getting or currently are legally separated, OR are in the process of getting a divorce or dissolving your civil union.

Challenging a Voluntary Acknowledgement or Denial of Parentage

A signed Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity (VAP) or denial of parentage can only be challenged within TWO (2) YEARS of its being signed on one of the following bases: one was pressured into signing, or otherwise forced to sign the VAP or denial against one's will the VAP or denial of parentage was fraudulently signed; OR the VAP or denial was

Declaring the Non-Existence of a Parent-Child Relationship

Declaring the non-existence of a parent-child relationship means that a child's legal parent is NO LONGER recognized as that child's legal parent. This can be made based on the results of DNA testing or by acquiring knowledge of the relevant facts of the situation, but ONLY IF it has been less than TWO (2) YEARS since the petitioner to the declarat

Maintenance (Alimony)

Maintenance (alimony) refers to a financial contribution to your spouse or partner while or after you have gotten a divorce, dissolution of civil union, or legally separated.Like other child support payments, maintenance will become past-due maintenance if the paying ex fails to make payments on time.The amount an ex is ordered to pay in maintenanc

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Illinois State's Disbursement Unit (SDU)

Administrative Case Number

Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity (VAP)

Medicaid

Current Child Support

Past-Due Cash Medical Support

Cash Medical Support

Declaring the Non-Existence of a Parent-Child Relationship

Modifying a Child Support Order

Maintenance (Alimony)

IV-D Program

Challenging a Voluntary Acknowledgement or Denial of Parentage

Educational (College) Expenses

Denial of Parentage

Terminating a Child Support Order

Past-Due Child Support (Arrears)

Child Support

Judicial Child Support Order

Department of Family Services (HFS)

Temporary Child Support

Past-Due Alimony

Hearing Officer

Child Support Order

Project Clean Slate

Temporary Maintenance (Alimony)

Unallocated Child Support

Income Withholding

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Past-Due Child Support (Arrears)

Judicial Child Support Order

Past-Due Alimony

Project Clean Slate

Modifying a Child Support Order

Cash Medical Support

Temporary Child Support

Child Support

Terminating a Child Support Order

Hearing Officer

Department of Family Services (HFS)

IV-D Program

Medicaid

Administrative Case Number

Educational (College) Expenses

Child Support Order

Unallocated Child Support

Current Child Support

Denial of Parentage

Illinois State's Disbursement Unit (SDU)

Past-Due Cash Medical Support

Income Withholding

Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity (VAP)

Temporary Maintenance (Alimony)

Challenging a Voluntary Acknowledgement or Denial of Parentage

Declaring the Non-Existence of a Parent-Child Relationship

Maintenance (Alimony)

Definitions

Illinois State's Disbursement Unit (SDU)

Administrative Case Number

Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity (VAP)

Medicaid

Current Child Support

Past-Due Cash Medical Support

Cash Medical Support

Declaring the Non-Existence of a Parent-Child Relationship

Modifying a Child Support Order

Maintenance (Alimony)

IV-D Program

Challenging a Voluntary Acknowledgement or Denial of Parentage

Educational (College) Expenses

Denial of Parentage

Terminating a Child Support Order

Past-Due Child Support (Arrears)

Child Support

Judicial Child Support Order

Department of Family Services (HFS)

Temporary Child Support

Past-Due Alimony

Hearing Officer

Child Support Order

Project Clean Slate

Temporary Maintenance (Alimony)

Unallocated Child Support

Income Withholding

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How To Check Your Child Support Balance

Paying Child Support Via Check or Money Order

Child Support Owed to a Parent vs. the State

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How To Check Your Child Support Balance

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Child Support Owed to a Parent vs. the State

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