Family Support

Legal Services Offered

The Family Support division represents the State of Washington, and provides the following legal services:

  • Judicial establishment of paternity and child support including requests from other county and states and Tribes
  • Enforcement of support orders when parents fail to pay court-ordered child support through the contempt process
  • Prosecution of interstate cases for paternity and child support orders on the same basis as in-state cases
  • Modification of existing child support orders
  • Representation of state interest in private dissolution, parentage, and nonparental custody actions when tax dollars have been expended to support a child
  • Legal representation of the Division of Child Support, a division of the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), in lawsuits challenging the agency’s collection actions against parents owing a duty of support
  • The Family Support Division does not represent parents or other individuals in child support cases. For a case to be initiated by the prosecutor's office, it must be referred by the Division of Child Support (DCS).
  • Our address is 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, 6th Floor, Robert J. Drewel Building, Everett, WA. Our phone number is 425-388-7280 and our business hours are 8:30-4:30
  1. I am the spouse or parent of a party, can I speak with the Legal Assistant or Attorney handling the case for my spouse or child?
  2. Can I make my child support payment at your office?
  3. What if I need an interpreter?
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  1. Can we fill out a Paternity Acknowledgment instead of setting up an appointment?
  2. Why do they need the mother's DNA sample?
  3. Am I supposed to show up at the hearings? Which ones?
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  1. How long does it take to get my child support order modified?
  2. How is child support calculated?
  3. What if the other party does not provide any financial documents or participate?
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  1. How do I quash my Bench Warrant issued in my child support case?
  2. My Attorney has not called me back, can I talk to the Prosecutor?
  3. The Non-Custodial parent is not paying child support, can the Prosecutor help me?
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  1. What type of case should be served on the Prosecuting Attorney's Office?
  2. How to notify/serve the Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
  3. If the Prosecutor's Office is served with documents do they always get involved?
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