In general, child support payments are made in one of the three ways: 1) child support enforcement agency, whereby the agency acts as a conduit between the noncustodial parent and the custodial parent.

Option one is the easiest and most simple. As long as the noncustodial parent acts in payee has no recourse but to go to court to force him to pay -- at her expense.

All child support from a former spouse’s paycheck. After garnishment is set up, the employer is responsible for making the deductions. Option two does not work in the case of a self-employed person.

Many custodial parents go for option three and use state parentage and collect child support, these state agencies help a spouse to make back payments.

Option three is flexible. A self-employed person may pay the agency directly. Or, if the agency is acting for the recipient, garnished wages may be conveyed to the agency, and then passed to the recipient.

Using a CSE puts the force of the support go uncollected each year.

To register with support order, basic information about the parties (both spouses’ dates of birth, social security numbers and current contact information).

See also Garnishment, Attachment.

Resources: Every state maintains a state child support enforcement agency website. The General Services Administration is also a place to begin. Its phone number is 1-888-878-3256.