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Alaska Law states that a parent must pay child support until a child is 19 years old if they are going to high school, and are still living with (and being supported by) the other parent. In this case, the non-custodial parent will be obligated to pay until the child turns 19 or graduates from high school.

Submit a Form Online. Closing a case means that Alaska Child Support Services Division (CSSD) will stop all efforts to collect your support. CSSD will release any licenses, passports, or liens unless support arrears are owed to the state or another party. We will review to see if we can remove your support.

Though there is no strict age guideline under Alaska law, children are not generally mature enough to make reasoned decisions about which parent to live with until they are teenagers. Even then, a judge will look at the reason the teenager is expressing a preference for one parent over another.

How does the Alaska child support agency enforce support orders? We collect child support as ordered. There are two types of orders. To collect support payments, we are federally mandated to send withholding orders for property and wages.

First, the child support or alimony actually must be paid. Second, it must be required by a court or administrative order. (Support which is paid voluntarily without a court or administrative order may be considered under Rule 90.3(c).)

Abandonment of a child also includes instances when the parent or guardian, without justifiable cause, (1) left the child with another person without provision for the child's support and without meaningful communication with the child for a period of three months; (2) has made only minimal efforts to support and ...