How Do You Recover Child Support In Florida?
Child support is a monthly payment made by the noncustodial parent to the custodial parent to help cover the costs associated with raising children, such as paying for food, shelter and clothing. Florida law requires all noncustodial parents to financially support their children by paying child support. If a noncustodial parent fails to pay child support or is otherwise delinquent, the custodial parent can apply for Child Support Enforcement, the child-support collection agency owned and operated by the state. Open a child support case with the Florida Department of Revenue if one is not already opened. To recover child support, you first need a court order for child support against the noncustodial parent. Apply for Child Support Services with the Florida Child Support Enforcement (CSE) agency if you are a custodial parent and the noncustodial parent has not paid owed child support by filing out the application available online (see Resources). You can also ask for an application to b
