What is the Oklahoma Child Support Services program?
Oklahoma Child Support Services is a part of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. OCSS administers the program with in-house staff and through contracts with local district attorneys and non-profit agencies. In December 1974, the U.S. Congress amended Title IV of the Social Security Act by adding Part D – Child Support and Establishment of Paternity. Title IV-D required each state to designate an organization to administer a plan for enforcing child support. Services provided by OCSS to parents under this law are called IV-D cases. Non IV-D cases refer to all child support cases within Oklahoma other than Title IV-D cases. Generally, these cases are enforced privately by the custodial party (obligee) or noncustodial parent (obligor) or their attorney.
