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Child Support Customer Service Portal

Introducing the new customer service portal.

It is a mobile version that can be accessed on your phone. Users can look at their case information, check appointment times, update basic information, view payment histories, and generate statements. Please watch the below video for a step-by-step guide on using the portal.

The Child Support Services Division encourages responsible parenting, family self-sufficiency, and child well-being by providing assistance in locating parents, establishing paternity, establishing, modifying, and enforcing support obligations, and obtaining child support for children. Our goal is to create a system where children can count on their parents for the financial and emotional support they need to be healthy and successful.

 

The Child Support Guidelines were recently updated and went into effect on Jan 15, 2024

 

It is free to apply for Child Support Services. If your child resides with you and you'd like to apply, the Child Support Customer Service Portal provides a secure way to apply online. It is important to know that you do not have to have formal, legal custody of your child to apply. The child does have to live with you, though, in order for you to be considered a CUSTODIAL PARENT. Simply click the button below.
To download and print a copy of the application, please click here. (Child Support Application - Espanol).

If your child does not live with you, but you would like to legally establish paternity, please click here to complete the Non-Custodial Parent Application. 

NOTE: Our Customer Service Center is available to all customers with child support cases serviced by the DSS Child Support Services Division and all private cases enforced by the Clerks of Court. Click here for contact information.

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Do you have a complaint regarding services being provided to a child by a state agency? Please submit your complaint by phone (1-800-206-1957) or an electronic submission form here with the South Carolina Department of Children's Advocacy.