Laws current as of
December 10, 2024North Carolina Child Support
- State-Specific Information
- Basic information
- The court process
- Child support payments
- How does the court decide what amount the child support should be?
- When are child support payments due?
- How long are child support payments made? Until my child reaches what age?
- Can I get a retroactive child support order?
- When payments come through the State Child Support Collection and Disbursement Unit, how do I enforce the support order?
- When a parent is a minor
- Health insurance coverage
- Can I get my child's medical expenses included in the order?
- If the other parent provides health insurance for my child, will I be kept informed of changes to the insurance?
- Can I sign off for my minor child’s insurance coverage papers even though I am not the parent paying for the coverage?
- What happens if the other parent violates the order and doesn’t keep up my child’s health insurance?
- Modifying the order
- Enforcing a child support order
- In what ways may the court order child support to be paid?
- I don’t think the non-custodial parent will pay me the child support s/he owes. Can his/her income be withheld right away to collect the money for child support?
- If the paying parent fails to pay support, what can be done to enforce the child support order?
- My license was suspended because I fell behind in my child support. How can I get my license back?
- I have a child support order from another state but now I live in North Carolina. Can I enforce it in North Carolina?
- If I have to enforce an order from North Carolina or from another state, can I get help?
- Can the court order the other parent to pay my attorney’s fees?
- General Information