To use the child support calculator, select or enter the appropriate information next to each statement.
When you have completed the form, click on the calculate button to get an estimate of the amount of child support that the non-custodial parent will have to pay to the custodial parent in New York.
Locating the parent responsible for child support
Through many means, the Division of Child Support Enforcement
(DCSE) – which operates through the Office of Temporary and Disability
Assistance – can try to locate non-custodial parents who have slipped
through the cracks in the system. Through New Hire Reporting
Directories, credit bureaus, IRS data, and more, DCSE can help find the
non-custodial parent in order to establish or enforce a child support order or contact a divorce lawyer in Albany, New York, Buffalo, New York, New York, New York, or Syracuse, New York.
Establishing paternity
Legal paternity must be established in order to begin the child
support process. DCSE can assist in obtaining a court order for a
paternity test.
Financial investigation
DCSE can investigate to determine the non-custodial parent’s ability to pay child support.
Collecting payments
Child support payments are remitted to the non-custodial
parent’s local Child Support Enforcement Unit’s (CSEU) Support
Collection Unit (SCU). The SCU will then disburse the monies to the
custodial parent.
Enforcing support orders
The DCSE can help ensure that support payments get made by using a variety of methods:
Establishing and modifying New York child support orders
DCSE can help establish support orders if they were not part of
a divorce or separation agreement or if the parents were never
married. DCSE can also help modify your child support order when
circumstances dictate that a change in child support payments is in
order.
Performing Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
New York Child support orders are frequently adjusted to reflect the current cost of living.