How do parents obtain an agreed order?
Parents with an open child support case can establish an agreed paternity and child support order by participating in a Child Support Review Process (CSRP) negotiation conference. Depending on the local office handling your case, you may be automatically scheduled for a CSRP negotiation meeting or you may need to contact the office and request a CSRP negotiation meeting. Minor parents can ask their local child support office if a pre-trial negotiation conference can be scheduled. At the conference the minor parents and their adult representatives (legal guardian, parent, or next friend) will meet with a child support officer and negotiate a child support order in the privacy of an office. If all issues are resolved during the conference, then the parties will not have to appear in court. Child support offices may not be able to accommodate all requests for pre-trial negotiation conferences.
