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Do You Owe Child Support?
3810EN - This publication provides general information about how child support is set and your obligation to pay child support.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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How Can I Collect Child Support?
3812EN - This publication provides information on how the Division of Child Support (DCS), whose services are free, can help you set and collect child support. There is a locator service to help find parents who owe support. DCS can help you set child support even if the other parent of your children does not live in the state.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Understanding the WA State Child Support Schedule and How Child Support is Set in Washington 3816EN - The legal information in this publication is designed to give you a basic understanding of the laws that govern the setting of child support in Washington State by reviewing key parts of the Washington State Child Support Schedule; relevant statutes (R.C.W's) and court cases are footnoted. This information is presented in the form of frequently asked questions, followed by answers to those questions.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Child Support Calculator for WA State
(Separate Website)
The calculator will help you create a set of Washington State Child Support Schedule Worksheets. Worksheets are required when you are involved in the entry of a child support order.
By: Department of Social and Health Services
Changing Your Child Support Court Order 3814EN - This publication can give you a basic understanding of the laws that apply to changing a Washington State Child Support court order or responding to a proposed change. This information is presented as a list of frequently asked questions.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Changing Your Child Support Order to Obtain Post High School Educational Support
3818EN - This publication contains information on how to change your child support order to include post secondary educational support making one or both parents responsible to pay for the child's educational expenses beyond high school.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Washington State Self-Support Reserve
(Separate Website)
Basic subsistence limitation chart for determining amount necessary to provide for basic needs. The amounts are adjusted annually.
By: Washington State
What to Do About A License Suspension Notice From Child Support Enforcement
3809EN - The Division of Child Support (DCS) may suspend licenses of parents who are behind in their child support payments. The law allows DCS to suspend any license issued by the State of Washington, including drivers' licenses, hunting licenses, fishing licenses, professional licenses and contractor or occupational licenses. This publication explains your rights and obligations under the law.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Tips on How to Get Your Paperwork Ready So You Can Get Help with Your Family Law Case
Be ready for an appointment with someone who's going to help you with your family law case. That someone might be: an attorney; a family law facilitator; an advocate at your local Domestic Violence shelter; or a CLEAR advocate who is going over forms with you by phone.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Video: Child Support Hearing
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Video demonstration of a Child Support hearing at the Office of Administrative Hearings.
By: Office of Administrative Hearings
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How to Ask DCS to Review Your Child Support Order for Modification
If you have a child support order that DCS is enforcing, you have a few options for getting it modified. This packet explains how to ask DCS to review your order to see if modification is appropriate in your case.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Child Support Conference Boards
(Separate Website)
A Conference Board is a way to resolve disputes about how
the Division of Child Support (DCS) works your case.
A Conference Board Chair is the DCS attorney who makes
the decisions.A Conference Board is a way to resolve disputes about how
the Division of Child Support (DCS) works your case.
A Conference Board Chair is the DCS attorney who makes
the decisions.A Conference Board is a way to resolve disputes about how
the Division of Child Support (DCS) works your case.
A Conference Board Chair is the DCS attorney who makes the decisions.A Conference Board is a way to resolve disputes about how the Division of Child Support (DCS) works your case. A Conference Board Chair is the DCS attorney who makes the decisions.
By: Department of Social and Health Services
Filing a Motion for Adjustment of a Child Support Court Order 3221EN - This packet is intended to help you fill out and file the forms and papers you need for a Motion for Adjustment of a Child Support Order. However, before you use this packet, and assuming you have concluded that filing a motion for adjustment is what you want to do, you should check with your county's Family Law Facilitator or Court Clerk to see if your county has its own Motion for Adjustment packet: a local packet may be easier for you to use because it will include the rules and forms for that county.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to a Motion for Adjustment of Your Child Support Court Order 3223EN - You should use this packet if you have received papers that ask the court to adjust (change) your child support court order by motion in superior court. This packet will help you to file your own response to the motion for adjustment of support, to ask the court for what you want, and to prepare for your hearing.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Filing a Petition to Modify Your Child Support Court Order 3224EN - This packet is intended to help you fill out and file the forms and papers you need for a Petition for Modification of a Washington State Child Support Court Order. However, before you use this packet, and assuming you have concluded that filing a petition for modification of child support is what you want to do, you should check with your county's Family Law Facilitator or Court Clerk to see if your county has its own Petition for Modification of a Child Support order packet: a local packet may be easier for you to use because it will include the rules and forms for that county.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to a Petition for Modification of Your Child Support Court Order 3228EN - This packet is intended to help you fill out and file the forms and papers you need to respond to a Petition for Modification of a child support court order in superior court. If you read the information carefully and follow the instructions, you may be able to respond to the support modification on your own. You should not use this packet if you are served with a petition to modify an administrative child support order.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Finishing a Modification of Your Child Support Court Order 3229EN - This packet is designed to help you finish a modification of your Washington State Child Support court order. You can use this packet only if you already have a child support modification case that has been filed in court. You may use this packet whether you filed a modification or responded to one.
By: Northwest Justice Project
How to Serve Papers on the State 3218EN - When you set or change child support, you must notify the State if you, the other parent, or the children receive public assistance. This packet contains the forms and instructions for serving your court papers on the state.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Filing a Motion for Waiver of Your Filing Fee 3204EN - This packet includes the instructions and forms needed to ask the court to waive (not ask for) the filing fee required to file court papers in a civil case because you can't afford to pay the fee.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Filing a Motion for Change of Venue in a Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) or Modification... 3206EN - This packet contains the instructions and forms you will need to ask the court to move a marital dissolution or a modification of a parenting plan, child support order, or decree entered in a dissolution to a different county - this is called a Motion for Change of Venue.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Motion to Vacate Judgment/Order in a Family Law Case 3215EN - A Motion To Vacate is a request to the court to withdraw a previous order or judgment it entered.
By: Northwest Justice Project
How Do I "Do Discovery"? Help with Interrogatories and Requests for Production in Family Law Cases Use this publication if: you are a party in a contested family law case ("contested" means you and the other party disagree about issues) AND you want or need to get more information from the other party about his/her side of the issues.
By: Northwest Justice Project
How to Withdraw a Joinder in a Family Law Case Parties to a family law court case may sign a form called a Joinder to show the court that they're in agreement as to all the issues that a court must rule on in that case. If you signed this form but later decide that you are not in agreement, use this packet to file a withdrawal of the joinder.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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