Best Child Support Office In Chicago Chicago Near Me

4worldlovers: The mission of the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office is to help parents and custodial guardians establish paternity, receive child support and enforce support obligations owed by non-custodial parents to their children.

Prosecutors in this division work with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) to aid custodial parents or legal guardians to:

Under federal law, all states are required to have a Child Support Enforcement IV-D Program, which is part of a federal-state-county effort established in 1975. In Illinois, HFS, through its Division of Child Support Services is the designated IV-D agency.

The state's attorney's office DOES NOT represent the custodial parent or legal guardian, but represents the illinois department of healthcare and family services.

The state’s attorney’s office represents the people of the state of illinois in criminal non-support cases, NOT the custodial parent, legal guardian, or the illinois department of healthcare and family services.