child support
Help us find Non-Custodial Parent
Campbell County Child Support Office
601 Washington Avenue, Suite 290 Newport, Kentucky 41071 Phone: (859) 431-0522
Open Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Contact Your Caseworker
By phone: (859) 431-0522
Kentucky Child Support Division
Send Payments to:
Central Collections Division of Child Support P.O. Box 14059 Lexington, Kentucky 40512
The Campbell County Attorney Office, Child Support Division process over 4,800 cases and over eight million dollars in collections annually. Through the Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children, the Child Support Division offers a variety of service to help locate non-custodial parents and get financial and medical support from them for their children. The following services are available:
Location of non-custodial parents
Establishment of paternity*
Establishment of financial and medical support
Enforcement and collection of support payments and medical support
Review and modification of support orders*
*Either parent can request these actions. To provide these services the child support program works closely with federal, state and local agencies as well as employers.
The Child Support Division is here to assist you. Please see http://KentuckyChildSupport.ky.gov for Forms, Frequently Asked Questions, Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services, and Kentucky Child Support Account to further assist you in answering all questions regarding child support.
The Process
Under Kentucky law, both parents have a duty to support their child or children, and both have a right to expect the other parent to assist with support. To begin the process of collecting support, the custodial parent (person having custody of the child) can come to the Child Support Division to fill out a request for assistance. Upon completing the required forms with our office, we will determine if paternity has been established.
If paternity has not been established, our office will first file a paternity suit because under Kentucky law, the parent, or parents, cannot be ordered to pay child support until their status has been legally established. There are a variety of ways to establish paternity and our caseworkers will work with you through this specific process. However, a paternity suit must be brought before the child’s 18th birthday. If it is brought before the child turns four years old, the child support order can be retroactive to (take effect on) the child’s date of birth.
Once paternity has been established, the Child Support Division will help you proceed with having the Court set a child support payment for the non-custodial parent. In Kentucky statutes KRS 403.211 and KRS 403.212, there is a statutorily created Child Support Guideline chart that sets out how much parents are expected to pay to support their children. The guidelines are primarily based on the number of children and the combined income of both parents. The Kentucky Child Support website, available at: http://KentuckyChildSupport.ky.gov, can assist you in calculating how much monthly child support you may expect. However, these are guidelines, and the parties, by agreement, or the Court may deviate from them based on the facts of a particular case.
Once the child support amount is established by the Court’s Order, it can only be modified under certain circumstances. KRS 403.213 sets forth the criteria for modifying child support. KRS 403.213 states that the child support obligation can only be modified if there is a “material change in circumstances that is substantial and continuing.” The same statute goes on to state that a “material change in circumstances” is presumed to have occurred if the proposed modification would results in at least a 15% change in the amount of monthly support.
In the event that the non-custodial parent does not pay child support as ordered, the Child Support Division can assist you with collection through legal processes. In order for the Child Support Division to assist you, the non-custodial parent must be behind in an amount equal to one month’s obligation. Some of the remedies that the Child Support Division can use to enforce child support orders include:
Court action resulting in jail time
Interception of tax refund
Passport denial
Liens
Driver’s, professional/occupational or wildlife (hunting/fishing) license revocation/denial
Levying financial institution (bank) accounts
Withholding of unemployment benefits
For more information related to the Child Support Process or specific questions, please review our Frequently Asked Questions and Forms pages, or contact your caseworker for assistance.
Making Payments
For payment information, access your account online. The Child Support Division cannot give this information out.
Be sure to include your name, social security number and IV-D number to ensure credit is given to the proper account. Even if you have reported your employment information to the Child Support Division, please continue to send in payment on your own until you see it coming out of your regular paycheck.
All payments must be sent to Central Collections. Payments cannot be accepted at the local office unless it is a payment for a DNA fee, which must be in the form of a check or a money order only.
Help Us Find a Non-Custodial Parent
If you know the whereabouts of someone who owes child support and is evading our efforts to locate them, please help us. Complete as much of the following information as possible, including your name and contact e-mail address or telephone number.
Kentucky Child Support Laws and Information
Chapter 205 – Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 403 – Dissolution of Marriage – Child Custody
Chapter 405 – Parent and Child
Chapter 406 – Uniform Act on Paternity
Chapter 407 – Interstate Support Enforcement
Kentucky Administrative Regulation on Family Support
Kentucky Division of Child Support
Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of information do I need to establish a child support order?
It is helpful if you can provide the non-custodial parent's address, social security number, date of birth, employer, bank account numbers, property holdings and investments. Look for this information in old insurance policies, credit card or other applications, state and federal tax returns, hospital records, police records and birth certificates. Also, please provide copies of any existing court orders and records of payments.
If you can provide the non-custodial parent's date of birth, father's name, and mother's maiden name, the child support agency may be able to obtain information from the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Veterans' Administration, the Department of Defense, the Armed Forces, and/or the Selective Service Administration.
If you can provide the non-custodial parent's social security number, the child support agency can obtain information from all state and federal files. Be aware, however, that finding a non-custodial parent through these sources make take several months.
Who can request a review for modification of a support order and how is a review of a child support obligation requested?
In accordance with 45 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 303.8(a), Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 405.430(6) and 921 Kentucky Administrative Regulation (KAR) 1:400 Section 3, the following individuals or entities may request a review for possible modification:
The custodial parent.
The noncustodial parent.
A nonparental custodial parent (i.e., grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, etc.)
A foreign reciprocating country or a foreign country with which Kentucky has an arrangement may request a review of their order and the request shall be treated the same as a request by another state in accordance with SSA 454(32)(A) (42 U.S.C. 654(32)(A)).
The noncustodial parent is not paying his/her child support obligation, what can I do?
Contact your child support caseworker and request that enforcement action be taken. There are many enforcement remedies that may be used by child support staff to enforce a child support order. Some examples include: court action, income withholding, denial or suspension of a driver’s or professional license, intercept of lottery winnings, intercept of state or federal taxes, and denial of a passport.
What is the age of emancipation in Kentucky?
KRS 405.020(1) provides that…“The father shall be primarily liable for the nurture and education of his children who are under the age of eighteen (18) when the child is a full-time high school student, but not beyond completion of the school year during which the child reaches the age of nineteen (19) years.”
How do I request that my child support check be deposited in my bank account?
Contact your caseworker at the Child Support office to request an application for direct deposit or make the request through the Kentucky Child Support Interactive Website:http://KentuckyChildSupport.ky.gov
What if the noncustodial parent lives in another state?
Even if the noncustodial parent lives in a different state, a child support case can be opened at the local child support office. The local child support office can work with the other state to establish or enforce the support order. The same location resources and services are available in all states. Although interstate cases are more difficult and generally take longer, new federal legislation and more computer links between states are improving interstate processing of child support.
She/he never lets me see the kids. Why do I have to pay child support?
The legal obligation to pay child support is completely separate from the issue of visitation rights. If you are court ordered to pay child support, you must do so regardless of when or if you see the children. If there is a court order giving you visitation and the custodial parent refuses to let you see the children, your recourse is to file a motion with the court asking that he/she be held in contempt of court.