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What Information Do I Need To Provide About The Non-Custodial Parent?
The most important information you can provide is the Social Security Number and his/her employer`s name and address. Other helpful information includes names, addresses, and phone numbers of … more
What If I Don't Have The Social Security Number For The Non-Custodial Parent?
Though Social Security Numbers are required for a number of legal documents like applications for professional licenses, commercial driver`s licenses, divorce records, support orders, paternity … more
What if the non-custodial parent has left the State?
If you know the state where the noncustodial parent has moved, CSED can contact the Child Support Enforcement Agency in the other state and determine if the parent has indeed moved to that … more

What Factors Does the Judge Consider When He or She Makes a Decision About Child Custody?
In most states, the usual standard that judges use in deciding child custody is the “best interests of the child”. Depending on the state you’re in, the factors that actually make up the “best interests of the child” standard may vary. There is typically no one factor that guides a judge’s custody decision; rather, the judge makes a child custody decision … more
How to Change Your Name
There are many situations that lead people to want to change their names. In order for your name to be legally changed, you must complete specific legal steps. While the name change process is formal and has important legal implications it is simple enough for you to do on your own without the assistance of an attorney in almost every case. Generally, you can change your own … more

Domestic Partners of State Employees: Affidavit of Domestic Parnership
Survey of Child Support Guidelines: Do They Use Net Income or Gross Income?
This chart from the Department of Health and Human Services shows the state laws regarding how income is determined for purposes of calculating a … more

Survey of Child Support Guidelines: Do They Use Net Income or Gross Income?
Department of Health and Human Services chart of state laws regarding how income is determined … more
Understanding and Managing Child Support Debt
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-Serving Organizations
This publication from the the CDC is designed to help representatives of youth-serving … more
Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect: Signs and Symptoms
The publication from the CDC is designed to help people recognize the signs and symptoms of child … more
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
This publication by the CDC explains the federal law, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.