Child Support
- Agencies
- WI Bureau of Child Support (WI
Dept. of Children & Families)
Access child support forms and payment information.
- WI Bureau of Child Support (WI
Dept. of Children & Families)
- Child Support Attorney's Desk Reference (WI
Dept. of Children & Families)
Child support enforcement and paternity establishment. - Child Support Publications (WI
Dept. of Children & Families)
Topical guides and policy updates. - Child Support Information
for Employers (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
Information about withholding, medical insurance, and employer responsibilities. - Child Support Information
for Parents (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
Information for enforcement actions, calculating support amounts, establishing paternity. - Child Support Lien Docket (WI Bureau of Child Support)
- Guide to Setting Child Support Amounts (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
Includes tools to estimate child support amounts - Legal Tune Up (Lift Dane)
Accesses public data to assist users with resolving some legal issues and directs people to the legal and employment services they may need or want. - Child Support Laws and FAQs by State, Country, or Tribe (US Dept. of Health Services)
Choose a jurisdiction to see a list of laws and FAQs
- Complaints
- Complaints regarding your local child support agency
- Court Orders
- Changing Court Orders (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
Information for changing support. - Forms
- Medical Support Orders (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- Changing Court Orders (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- Directories
- Local Child Support Agencies (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- WI Clerks of Circuit Court
- End of Support
- Ending Child Support (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- Enforcement / Non-Payment
- Overview
- Enforcing Child Support Orders (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- What happens if I don't pay child support?
- Your guide to past due support
- Child Support Lien Docket Handbook(WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- Income Withholding
- Income Withholding (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- Tax Intercept
- Innocent Spouse Tax Relief (U.S. Internal Revenue Service)
Access the Injured Spouse Claim and Allocation form. FAQs.
- Tax
Intercept Program (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
Program collects past-due child support, family support, birth expenses, medical support, and alimony.
- Innocent Spouse Tax Relief (U.S. Internal Revenue Service)
- Federal
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Assists front-line workers in enforcing child support payments. - Statute of Limitations for Child Support Collection (WI Legislative Council)
- Overview
- Forms
- Forms, Family Law (WI Court System)
- Self-help forms assistant (WI Court System)
- Child Support Forms (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- Child Support Forms & Guides from Wisconsin Counties (WI State Law Library)
- Videos: how to fill out forms (Milwaukee Justice Center)
- Guides (Dept. of Children & Families)
- Guides (WI Court System)
- Military Deployment
- Child Support or Alimony Payments (US Defense Finance and Accounting Service)
- Parents in the Military (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- Child Support Laws in Wisconsin (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- Child Support Laws and FAQs by State, Country, or Tribe (US Dept. of Health Services)
Choose a jurisdiction to see a list of laws and FAQs - WI
Statutes: s. 49.852 - 49.858
Includes: delinquent payments, pension & other intercepts, liens against property, financial record matching program, etc. - WI Statutes:
ch. 767 "Actions Affecting the Family"
Sections of ch. 767 affected by 2005 Wis. Act 443 are available at the end of the Act PDF - WI Statutes: ch. 769 "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act"
- WI Admin. Code: DCF 102 "Child Support Cooperation for W-2"
- WI Admin.
Code: DCF 150 "Child Support Percentage of Income Standard"
See also: Percentage Conversion Table, Percentage Worksheet, Obligation of Low-Income Payers. - WI Admin. Code: DCF 152 "Child Support Administrative Enforcement"
- WI Admin. Code: DCF 153 "Child Support Incentive Payments"
- Opinions
- On Point Case Summaries (2010-) (WI State Public Defender)
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 228 "Failure to Pay Legal Child Support Obligations"
- U.S. Code: 28 USC 1738B "Full Faith and for Child Support Orders"
- CFR: 45 CFR pts. 300-399 "Office of Child Support Enforcement "
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
County Resources
Recommended links from our County Resources database:
Guides
- Child Support (Milwaukee Justice Center (MJC))
- Child Support FAQs (Fond du Lac Child Support)
- Family Court Guides (Racine Family Court Commissioner)
- Fond du Lac County Family Court Handbook (Fond du Lac Family Court Commissioner)
- Instructions for Motion to Change Custody, Placement, Support or Maintenance (Dane Clerk of Court)
- Instructions for Stipulation and Order to Change Child Support (Fond du Lac Child Support)
- Kewaunee County Family Law Handbook (Kewaunee Family Court)
- Modification/Change Legal Custody, Physical Placement, Child Support or Maintenance (Ashland Clerk of Court)
- Serving documents to the other party (Milwaukee Milwaukee Justice Center)
Service of process information for divorce, name change, family court cases, and small claims
Related Topics
Library Resources
- Family law in Wisconsin
- International family law desk book
- International family law practice
- Legal custody, physical placement, and child support
- Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution