Enforcement Forms and FAQs

Certain enforcement, such as intercepting taxes, reporting to credit bureaus, and denying passports is automatic and continues until the past-due amount is paid in full. Other enforcement is suspended as long as you continue to make regular payments.

Contact your case worker to discuss your current situation. Child Support has tools available to assist you with getting your case on track including:

• Payment Plan – this can lead to suppression of interest charges.
• Review Order – as situations change the support amount can too.
• PRIDE – a program to assist with employment opportunities.

Parenting time and child support are rights of the child and are two separate issues. It is not okay for one parent to deny parenting time to the other. The Child Support program doesn't provide services relating to parenting time, but a family law attorney should be able to help.

• State Bar Association of North Dakota – can provide assistance obtaining an attorney.
• ND Supreme Court – has a Self Help Center which provides resources to parent who wish to represent themselves in North Dakota courts.

The Department of Human Services (DHS) has many assistance programs available. Contact Social Services in the county where you live to see what's available for you.

Child Support has many resources available to locate parents including the Federal Parent Locator Service. Provide whatever information you have about the other parent to Child Support to assist in locating that parent. It’s very helpful if you provide the social security number.

Child Support can issue an income withholding order to the employer of the parent who pays support. Child Support can also do certain enforcement such as intercept tax refunds and report the past-due amount to credit bureaus. If we do not get payments, we may ask the jurisdiction where the other parent lives to assist with enforcement.

Support is due no later than the date the court ordered. Child Support will take increased enforcement actions the longer support goes unpaid.

Contact your case worker immediately. License suspension is an extreme enforcement action that Child Support takes very seriously. This action is only taken when other actions aren’t leading to payments. Your caseworker will explain what you need to do to avoid license suspension.

An unpaid child support balance doesn't get discharged when children turn 18 or when someone files for bankruptcy. The balance remains owing until it is paid in full.

When child support and spousal support are owed to the same parent and are part of the same court order, the payments for both must be processed by the State Disbursement Unit. Law requires child support payments to be processed by the State Disbursement Unit and spousal support is included in the definition of child support. Both child support and spousal support become assigned to the state if certain types of public benefits are paid out. Child Support does not have the authority to establish a spousal support obligation.

Yes. You can contact us by phone or email. We need your new employer’s name, address, and phone number.  Child Support will usually issue an income withholding order to your new employer unless you have made arrangements with Child Support for the child support to be automatically taken out of your bank account. 

You received the letter because your past due balance is more than an amount equal to 2 months of child support or $2000.00 whichever is less.  To avoid your license being suspended, you have 30 days to pay the past-due balance in full or contact child support to enter into a payment plan.  

No. In order to get your license back you must contact Child Support to enter into a payment plan or pay your past due support in full.  Simply making a payment will not result in the reinstatement of your license.

You may need to pay a reinstatement fee depending on who long your license has been suspended.  For information on getting your North Dakota issued license reinstated, and to see if fees are due, please refer to the Department of Transportations web site https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/driver-record-services-and-suspensions

In North Dakota, you can check the status of your license by accessing the Department of Transportation driver’s license status check on their website Driver’s License Online Services - Request Status (nd.gov)

You can avoid license suspension by entering into a payment plan with Child Support.  If you r license is already suspended, you can get your license back and keep it as long as you comply with the payment plan.  Plus, you can save money because interest will not accrue on your arrears while you are complying with our payment plan.  If you comply with the payment plan for one year, it is possible that some of your old interest could be waived, which will decrease the amount you owe. If you stop complying with the payment plan, your license can be suspended immediately, and interest will start accruing again. 

If you stop paying on your payment plan, contact Child Support immediately to explain why.  Otherwise, Child support can send you a Notice of Noncompliance and your license will be immediately suspended.