Child Support Forms
Below are seven online forms available to you. These forms are appropriate only if your case is in Cuyahoga County. These forms are secure. Once you have completed a form, a member of the Cuyahoga Support Enforcement Agency’s Call Center will either complete your request or send it to the appropriate department within the Agency for follow up.
If you like, there is a button on the form for you to be placed on the CSEA e-mail list. You will receive notices through e-mails about building closures, computer disruptions or important changes in laws/policies/procedures that may affect child support cases. Because of strict confidentiality requirements, your e-mail address will remain confidential and will not be distributed to anyone outside of CSEA.
We hope these online forms provide you with efficient service that will ultimately serve in the best interests of your child.
▼ Online forms for Customers with a Child support case only.
Provide an Anonymous Tip Regarding Child Support
Do you know someone who is working and not paying their child support obligation? Do you know the name of the employer? Do you have information on a child support case that may help get much needed child support payments to a family?
Go ahead and complete the Anonymous Tip form. Our staff will investigate your tip. Because of confidentiality, we are not able to disclose the outcome of your tip.
Go ahead and complete the Anonymous Tip form. Our staff will investigate your tip. Because of confidentiality, we are not able to disclose the outcome of your tip.
Ask question about a case
Do you need to know when your next hearing is scheduled or how long it takes
to get the results of your genetic test? Maybe you want to find out when your child support payment arrived at Ohio Child Support Payment Central? These are the types of questions we can answer for you using the General Questions about Your Case
electronic form.
Request a case review
Did you lose your job? Has it been more than 36 months since your child support
order was issued? There are a few reasons that you may be eligible for a case review. A case review may cause your child support
order go up, go down, or stay the same. Filling out this electronic form lets us know that you are interested in having your case reviewed. Once your form is received and reviewed, our folks in the Modification Unit will follow up with you.
NOTE: Review and adjustment requests will NOT be accepted if your order was newly created or modified, is arrears-only (no minor children), or if you are seeking to close your case.
Report a Change of Employment
Changing employers affects your child support order. Most child support is
received through wage attachments through your employer. When you change jobs, you need to notify the agency right away. We will verify the information and follow up with a new wage withholding order. By reporting the change as soon as it happens,
you can prevent your child from missing a child support payment and falling behind on your child support order.
Update Your Address
Have you moved lately? Are you sure we have your correct address? Even though you have
direct deposit for your child support account, we still need your current address. Every couple of years the State Office of Child Support sends a new debit card and uses the last address that you provided. Hearings and information about your
case are routinely sent through the mail. Please make sure that your address is current. Complete the online form with your updated information and we will make sure the changes are made within the statewide computer system called SETS.
Have your medical benefits changed or have you recently obtained new employment? Did you know that most health insurance plans change from employer to employer? When you change jobs, you need to notify the agency right away of any change or lapse in medical coverage for your child. By reporting the change as soon as it happens, you can prevent your child from not having medical coverage and/or prevent an additional payment of cash medical support. Should you have any case specific questions, contact the Med Team at cuyahoga_medteam@odjfs.state.oh.us or leave a message at (216) 443.5221
▼ Printable (PDF) forms.
Approval of Authorized Representation Form
If you have an attorney representing you or if you want your spouse to handle your child support issues, you can sign the Approval of Authorized Representation document and submit it to the Agency. Other examples of having an authorized representative would be if you had a close relative who handles your financial matters, want to authorize a reporter to speak to our Public Information Officer, or are working with an advocate and would like the advocate to deal with your issues.NOTE: Please read the entire document and complete it with all that applies to your case.
Mail the completed document to:
CSEA/Authorization
P.O. Box 93318
Cleveland, OH 44101-5318
Direct Deposit/Debit Card Enrollment Form
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- With Direct Deposit money goes directly into your bank account
Non-Public Assistance Application
The first time you request child support services, you will be asked to complete a Non-Public Assistance Application. We refer to it as an “IV-D App”. This information helps us help you because you are able to provide accurate information that will help us with your case.Additionally, completion of the IV-D App insures that your local child support agency will be reimbursed by the Federal government for taking actions on your case.
NOTE: Complete and sign the document with today’s date. You must provide postage.
Mail the completed document to:
CSEA/NPA
P.O. Box 93318
Cleveland, OH 44101-5318
Request for the Termination of Child Support Order
Has a recent event occurred that could terminate your child support order? If so, complete the Request for the Termination of a Child Support Order and provide the necessary documentation. The Office of Child Support Services will initiate an investigation and you will receive paperwork informing you of the outcome.Email or Mail the completed document to:
CSEA/NPA
P.O. Box 93318
Cleveland, OH 44101-5318