What is the Family Support Payment Corporation?

Family Support Payment Corporation is an organization dedicated to providing child support owed to children.  You sign a contract that pays you all back support as well as the designated monthly payments required to satisfy your court order in exchange for the right of the Family Support Payment Corporation to collect the payments from the obligor parent.

What is the difference between the program offered by the Family Support Payment Corporation and the ones offered by private collectors?

The Family Support Payment Corporation is a dependable source for child support payments. It is not hiring a collection agency and agreeing to pay a percentage of any child support payments collected.

Is there a cost to be in the program?

No fees are charged to the family owed child support.

How do I receive payments?

You will receive a monthly payment by check or through direct-deposit into your bank account.

What happens if my child support order changes in the amount to be paid?

You are required to immediately notify the Family Support Payment Corporation of any changes in your order so that a new agreement could be set up based on the new order.

What happens if the obligor does not make child support payments specified in the court order?

The Family Support Payment Corporation can use any legal means necessary to collect child support and the obligor may be liable for interest and fees associated with the collection process. This has no impact on payments to you (obligee participant).

What happens if the Family Support Payment Corporation goes out of business?

Your child support payments are kept in an Escrow Account and should not be affected. If for any reason you do not receive future support due from the Family Support Payment Corporation, the child support debt reverts to you. You could collect the support as you always have from the obligor parent directly or through a government child support agency.

Where are the sources of funds for the Family Support Payment Corporation?

The Family Support Payment Corporation makes child support payments from a Trust Account funded by collections from the obligor parent, U.S. Treasury bonds, interest, and fees generated by ancillary services.