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Applying for child support services is easy. You can complete the Application for Services online and email it to the appropriate DSS/OCSS, or request an appointment via email or telephone to meet with a child support representative.

What is your state's statute of limitations for the collection of past-due support? A court action to obtain a judgment for child support arrears not previously reduced to a judgment must be commenced within six years after the youngest child who is the subject of a support order turns 18 years-old.

Vermont's Child Support Laws and Custody After you have that number, you can calculate what each parent's share of that amount will be. Child support continues until a child turns 18 or is emancipated.

A child support order must be followed until it is changed. The court will not change the order retroactively although it could decide that any or all arrears do not need to be paid.

Parents who are not receiving public assistance can receive these services without charge simply by completing and filing a written application form with the Office of Child Support. You can find the form on the Child Support Application web page, or you can call the OCS toll-free number: 800-786-3214.

If a noncustodial parent has become delinquent and isn't making payments ing to the child support order, the custodial parent may go back to court and file an enforcement action, which means that the parent asks the judge to make the delinquent parent follow the support order and make the required payments.