Child support enforcement officials use sources including, but not limited to, information from State and Federal Parent Locator Services (FPLS) databases, State Department of Motor Vehicles, Social Security Administration, State Unemployment Insurance Programs, and State Department of Labor's New Hire databases to locate non-custodial parents.

The State of Nevada's Division of Welfare Supportive Services in cooperation with District Attorneys in many Nevada counties administers the Child Support Enforcement Program.

The court order establishes an effective date for the monthly amount of money to be paid by the non-custodial parent for the support of the parents' children and the responsibility to provide health insurance and/or medical support for their children.It may include a judgment for past-due child support.

Out-of-State Child Support Enforcement agencies work cooperatively with Nevada child support officials to locate non-custodial parents and collect child support.

The foster care program provides financial support to foster parents raising children that are not their own. The child support enforcement program pursues the legal parents to recover costs related to the support of their children in foster care.

It varies. There is standard method for setting child support obligations, using a mathematical formula and based on the income of one or both parent(s) and other factors determined by State law.

The court order determines the frequency of payment. Generally, the court establishes payments are to be made on a monthly basis.

You will be assigned a caseworker to assist you in obtaining child support.