Be sure to include:
The check or money order should be made to the Office of the Attorney General. Make sure you mention your name, your ex-spouse's name, your cause number, and your 10-digit case number. If you're paying child support by mail, the address you mail it to is listed here.
You can make child support payments online through a secure online system called Smart e-Pay. To pay online, visit tx.smartchildsupport.com. New e-Payment Options Are Now Available! To begin using these new options, click here to login to your payment account.
It generally takes 5 to 7 business days for you to receive your payment by mail from the time it is received by the State Disbursement Unit. Direct deposit takes 3 to 5 business days. If you want direct deposit services with the SDU, please use the Direct Deposit form on the Texas Attorney General web site.
You can make child support payments by cash at over 8,500 7-Eleven, Family Dollar and ACE Cash Express locations nationwide for a convenience fee of $1.99 per transaction. PayNearMe locations are conveniently located at participating 7-Eleven, Family Dollar and ACE Cash Express stores.
After child support payments are enforced at a state or local level, the enforcement may proceed to federal court. If the non-custodial parent still does not pay child support payments in full after two years or the amount has amounted to $10,000, the charge can increase to a criminal felony.
In most states, including Texas, having additional children constitutes a substantial change justifying a modification of a parent's child support obligation. Texas recognizes the fact that the parent paying child support now has another child to support, and the monthly child support amount should be lowered.
Have an arrest warrant issued. Owe $5,000 or more in child support. Be at least six months behind in payments.
two to three business daysIn most cases, funds will be available in your bank account two to three business days after the payment is received at the TXCSDU.
In Texas, when a parent receives certain types of public assistance, a child support case may be opened automatically.
If the child support payments are made in full, you were late, and they are being taken out of your monthly salary, or you have a lawsuit. The best way to stop having these deductions is to make a net payment on the debt.
A parent cannot make an agreement saying the other parent does not have to pay child support. But if parents can agree, they have some flexibility in setting the child support amount, as long as reasonable arrangements have been made taking into account the guideline amount.
Your PAR ID can be found on most letters sent from California Child Support Services to case participants, usually at the top of the page.
1. Go to the Texas Attorney General Website and log into your account. Go to the child support division webpage and click the menu icon in the upper right side, and click “Child Support Interactive” (CSI). This will take you to the Texas interactive child support record keeping site.
two to three business daysIn most cases, funds will be available in your bank account two to three business days after the payment is received at the TXCSDU.
Contact the Child Support Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas for further assistance at: (800) 252-8014. TTY (800) 572-2686.
1-800-252-8014Contact the Child Support Division at 1-800-252-8014.