Child Support – Enforcing Orders

  • Most parents pay their child support obligation as ordered. However, when parents do not meet their child support obligations, child support agencies enforce the support orders.

    • Enforcement Remedies

  • Cases must meet certain criteria before the child support agency can take action. Generally, child support policy allows enough time for the child support agency to give an obligor proper notice and an opportunity to pay the arrears or to establish a payment agreement.
  • Some enforcement actions take time and some actions may not be appropriate for a case. The child support agency and the county attorney may decide to take some actions on the circumstances of the case and the likelihood of success.
  • The child support agency may take certain enforcement actions to collect support. Enforcement actions include:
  • Passport Denial
  • Student Grant Holds
  • Tax Refund Offsets (Intercepts)

    • Appendix A

    Form 3 Appendix A is attached to every child support order in Minnesota. It notifies parents of their rights and responsibilities under the law.

    Interest charging

    If a person fails to make a child support payment as ordered, the payment owed becomes a judgment by operation of law. Interest is added to arrears, when appropriate, and arrears remain due until they are paid.

    Debt and arrears management

    The child support agency has developed arrears management initiatives to help obligors avoid or overcome obstacles to paying child support, if their cases meet the evaluation criteria.


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