What is the $25 annual fee?
A new law passed by the United States Congress requires that a $25 annual fee be collected each year from certain child support cases. The law applies when at least $500 in child support payments is collected annually and the custodial parent has never received cash assistance. The yearly fee is collected to cover some of the federal government’s costs of providing child support enforcement services. (Pub.L. 109-171; § 7310.
