What types of cases are appropriate for order establishment?
If the parents have never been married, paternity must be established either by voluntary paternity acknowledgement or paternity judgment before a support order can be made. If the parents are married, the department can file a legal action to compel the absent parent to support the family. If a divorce has already been filed in Milwaukee County, the department can file a motion within the divorce asking the court to set a support order. If you already have a Milwaukee County paternity or divorce case with no current support order, the department can file a motion to ask that support be set if circumstances have changed substantially since the last time the support issue was in court. For example, if your ex-spouse was not working the last time the case was in court, no child support may have been ordered. If he or she is now working, we may be able to seek a support order at this time. If the parents were never married, but signed a Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgement form, the depart
If the parents have never been married, paternity must be established either by voluntary paternity acknowledgement or paternity judgment before a support order can be made. If the parents are married, the department can file a legal action to compel the absent parent to support the family. If a divorce has already been filed in Milwaukee County, the department can file a motion within the divorce asking the court to set a support order. If you already have a Milwaukee County paternity, action to compel support or divorce case with no current support order, the department can file a motion to ask that support be set if circumstances have changed substantially since the last time the support issue was in court. For example, if the absent parent was not working the last time the case was in court, no child support may have been ordered. If he or she is now working, we may be able to seek a support order at this time. If the parents were never married, but signed a Voluntary Paternity Ack
