The department uses the
income withholding process in all child support cases when an employer
is located for the non-custodial parent. The income withholding
process allows the department to collect child support on a routine
basis from the non-custodial parent’s
wages.
Beginning January 1, 2005, Illinois law allows the Department
of Healthcare and Family Services to continue to collect the same dollar amount that
the non-custodial parent was previously paying prior to emancipation
of the child for current support and any arrearage/delinquency
to satisfy any past-due amount that has not been paid. This new
process automatically begins when the employer receives an updated
Income Withholding Notice and there is a dollar amount on the "other
support" line. The employer will continue to withhold until
all past-due support is paid in full.
To help identify the non-custodial parent’s employer, the
department uses the federal New Hire Reporting program. Once employment
is verified, an Order/Notice to Withhold Income for Child Support
is served on the non-custodial parent’s employer, who must
deduct the child support payments from the non-custodial parent’s
wages and send them to the State Disbursement Unit.
If you have employment information regarding a non-custodial parent,
you may:
(Please include the non-custodial parent’s name,
Social Security number and/or any other identifying
information.) |
