Enforcing Child / Family Medical Support Obligations

The Agency has a number of tools to enforce court orders for child support or medical support.

Enforcement tools include:

  • Interception of a payer's income tax refunds (an additional small fee is charged for this service-$25 or 10% of collection, whichever is greater)
  • Liens against real and personal property
  • Denial or suspension of recreational, occupational or driver's license
  • Civil court charges of contempt
  • Criminal court charges of felony nonsupport
  • Passport denial
  • Automatic income withholding
  • Automatic National Medical Support Notice
  • Financial account seizure
  • Credit Bureau reporting
  • Financial record matching program