New York Child Support Services
Call the Child Support Helpline at 1-888-208-4485 if you need to update your address.
The Child Support Program provides custodial parents with assistance in obtaining financial support and medical insurance coverage for their children by locating parents, establishing parentage, establishing or modifying support orders, and collecting and distributing child support payments.
Make a payment
Please do not send cash. We encourage you to use an online payment service or pay by mail.
Check your payments
Log in with your NY.gov ID to check payments or disbursements.
If you do not have a NY.gov ID, you can create a NY.gov ID now.
Update case information
To report a change of address, change of employer, loss or reduction of employment, email your local child support office.
Family Violence
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The New York State Child Support Program is committed to helping survivors of family violence access child support services safely.
Forms
If the form you need is not available in your language, please call 1-888-208-4485 (TTY: 1-866-875-9975).
Translated forms are available for REFERENCE ONLY. Complete and submit forms in English.
Please email or mail completed forms to your local child support office. Find contact information on the Local Offices page.
Apply for Child Support Services
- Application for child support services
- Additional Child information
- Information about Child Support Services
Enroll in Direct Deposit
Appeal or avoid an enforcement issue
- Affidavit of Net Worth
- Driver License Suspension Request or Challenge
- Mistake of Fact and/or Exempt Money Claim
- Request for Review of Additional Amount
- Statement of Income and Expenses
- Department of Taxation and Finance Challenge
- Professional License Suspension Claim
- Request for Administrative Review…for Tax Refund Offset/Passport Denial
Going to court?
If you will be attending a court hearing soon, check court information for advice about how you can prepare in advance, what you may experience at the hearing, and how you may need to follow up afterwards.
To see current operating hours and procedures for the Family Court in your county, visit the New York State Unified Court System.
Report enforcement issues
Email your local child support office—RECOMMENDED—or
Call the New York State Child Support Helpline at 1-888-208-4485.