Appendix

Reviewed July 2023

Child Support

PDF icon Child Support Guidelines

PDF icon Child Support Guidelines Worksheet

PDF icon Child Support Guidelines Chart

PDF icon Joint Petition/Motion to Change a Judgment/Temporary Order
 

Samples

PDF icon Complaint for Modification - Child Support - sample This is a copy of the Probate and Family Court Complaint for Modification Form. It has been filled out for an increase in child support case.

PDF icon Complaint for Contempt - Child Support - sample This is a copy of the Probate and Family Court Complaint for Contempt Form. It has been filled out for a non-payment of child support case.

PDF icon Motion for Temporary Support and Proposed Order - sample This sample shows how you might fill in the Probate and Family Court's Motion Form and a Proposed Order Form. This one asks the court to order a parent to pay temporary child support, provide health care coverage, and pay 50% of their children's uninsured medical and dental expenses.

Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement

Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement Application for Services
You can apply for DOR/CSE services online, or get a paper application from their website.

PDF icon Offer in Settlement Application Use this form to ask DOR/CSE to accept less child support than you owe.

PDF icon Request for Equitable Adjustment Application Use this form to ask DOR/CSE to adjust the amount of past due child support they say you owe.

Samples

PDF icon Failure to Pay Child Support May Result in License Suspension Notice An example of the warning notice you might get from Child Support Enforcement if you do not pay the child support you owe.

PDF icon Notice to Suspend An example of the notice DOR/CSE sends to a licensing agency if you do not pay your child support. The notice tells the agency you have not paid child support and the agency must take away your license.

PDF icon Final Determination of Delinquency An example of the notice Child Support Enforcement sends you after they have told the licensing agency to take away your license.

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