Child Support
Child support services exist to help benefit children by establishing paternity, establishing and modifying support orders, collecting support, and promoting the means to do so.
Child Support Services
We can help you with:
- Locating absent parents
- Establishing parentage
- Establishing and enforcing court orders
- child support
- medical support
- child care support
- Modifying/Adjusting support orders
- Working with other states to enforce child support when a parent lives outside Minnesota
- Collecting and processing payments for support
Online Services
The Minnesota Department of Human Services Child Support webpage includes links to particular information and descriptions of the services available and links to applications.
If you have an open child support case, you will receive a password to access Minnesota Child Support Online. Minnesota Child Support Online provides case status information, payment history, and is a tool to connect with Child Support staff.
Contact Us:
We have staff to answer your questions and guide you through this process.
- Our office is open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday
- Call us at at 507-328-6500 or toll free at 1-855-282-3390
- You can also email us at : CSContact@Olmstedcounty.gov
Service Costs
An applicant for our services will pay a 2% MN cost recovery fee. This 2% fee pays for some of the costs associated with operating Minnesota's Child Support Program. Single parents who receive public assistance are automatically referred for services and do not pay any fees.
Services Not Provided
- Divorces
- Visitation and custody
- Spousal maintenance (alimony) establishment
- Legal advice or counsel
Information Line
General information is available 24/7 by calling 651-296-2542 in the Twin Cities or 800-657-3954 outside the metro area.