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What does it mean to “cooperate” with the Department of Child Support Services?

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What does it mean to “cooperate” with the Department of Child Support Services?

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To “cooperate” means you must provide any information or documents needed by the Department of Child Support Services to establish paternity and/or locate the other parent, and to get support payments for your child(ren). If you are receiving public assistance and you do not cooperate, you must claim “Good Cause” for not doing so. “Good Cause” means you must have acceptable reasons for not cooperating with the Department of Child Support Services such as the probability of physical or emotional harm to you or your children. • Q: What does it mean to “assign” my support rights? A: When you “assign” your support rights to the county, you are giving the county the right to keep any child and spousal support and medical support money that was owed to you at the time you received public assistance. The county will use that money to pay back any public assistance payments given to you or paid on behalf of your child(ren). Any support money collected that is more than the public assistance be

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To “cooperate” means you must provide any information or documents needed by the Department of Child Support Services to establish paternity and/or locate the other parent, and to get support payments for your child(ren). If you are receiving public assistance and you do not cooperate, you must claim “Good Cause” for not doing so. “Good Cause” means you must have acceptable reasons for not cooperating with the Department of Child Support Services such as the probability of physical or emotional harm to you or your children.

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