What happens with child support when one parent lives in another state?
Under federal law, child support enforcement agencies in different states must assist one another in collecting child support and establishing paternity. Collecting child support from a parent who lives in another state usually takes longer and is more difficult than collecting child support when both parents live in the same state. In Massachusetts, the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Department of Revenue (DOR) assists parents in establishing paternity and child support orders, collecting child support and asking courts to adjust child support orders when circumstances change, even when the other parent lives outside Massachusetts.
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