I would like to establish legal parentage

Check this box if:

• The parents of the child were not married when the child was conceived or born
  AND
• The parents did not complete a Voluntary Declaration of Parentage after the child was born
  AND
• There is no court order to establish the parents of the child(ren)

Parentage is the recognition of a parent's legal relationship to a child.

I would like to get an order for me to RECEIVE child support for the child(ren)

Check this box if:

• There are NO existing court orders for child support
  AND
• You would like to establish an order for YOU to RECEIVE child support

I would like to get an order for me to PAY child support for my child(ren)

Check this box if:

• There are NO existing court orders for child support
  AND
• You would like to establish an order for YOU to PAY child support

I would like to get an order for medical insurance or expenses

Check this box if:

• There are NO existing court orders for either parent to provide medical insurance or pay for medical expenses for the child(ren)

I already have a court order for child support that I would like to change

Check this box if: 

• There is an existing court order for either parent to pay child support 
  AND
• You would like to request a modification (change) to that court order

I already have a court order for child support that I would like to enforce

Check this box if:

• There is an existing court order for either parent to provide child support
  AND 
• You would like to enforce that order

I already have a court order for medical insurance that I would like to enforce

Check this box if:

• Either parent is already ordered to provide medical insurance
  AND
• You would like to enforce that order

The child support office managing your case will contact you for an intake interview within 30 calendar days of receiving your enrollment.

During this interview, they will verify the information you have already provided, and ask a few more questions to gather the information you don't provide here.

If they are unable to reach you via phone or email, your enrollment may not move forward and your child support case could be closed. 

Whenever possible, please provide as much detail as you can NOW instead of waiting to provide details during your intake interview. This prevents delays in processing information once your child support case is open. 

Avoiding these delays ensures that the case opening and order establishment processes move as swiftly as possible. 

If you don't have the answer to a question, or need more time to look for the answer, you have 2 options: 

1. SAVE your application where you are, and pickup where you left off when you are ready 

2. SKIP the question for now, and submit your enrollment with the information you have handy

Don't worry if you're unable to answer any questions throughout the enrollment. Child Support Services is able to locate many individuals with as little as a name and date of birth!

No - Completing the enrollment to open a child support case is completely free. 

The only time you could pay anything at all, is $35 for an entire year of services, and only if:

• we collect more than $550 in child support for your case that year.
  AND
• you have never received CalWORKS/TANF/any cash assistance. 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

 Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

You have selected that you and   are BOTH the NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian for .

If you are a NON-Parent Caretaker or Guardian of , the other person named MUST be a parent to complete your enrollment.

Please review the answers you selected and choose a different relationship for either yourself or  .

You already selected "Parent who gave birth" as your relationship to . 

A parent who gave birth is someone who was pregnant with and gave birth to a child. 

Each child can have only one Birth Parent.

Please make a different selection to one of the relationships for . 

The definitions below can help answer questions with relationship options on this screen.  
Please select the one that most closely matches the relationship for each child.

Parent who gave birth: A parent who was pregnant and gave birth to a child

Parent who did not give birth: A (non-adoptive) parent who did NOT give birth to their child

Adoptive Parent: A parent who has completed a legal process to have permanent parental rights and responsibilities to a child

Non-Parent Caregiver or Guardian: A person who is not the parent to a child but has rights and responsibilities to care for that child (without terminating the rights of the child's parents).  

Examples of documents you may want to attach to your enrollment: 

• Court Orders involving the child(ren) named in this application.
  • Example: child support, custody and visitation, or divorce/dissolution orders from ANY court

  • NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ANY COURT ORDER OR OTHER DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY UPLOADED ON A PREVIOUS PAGE

• Birth Certificate for the child(ren)
• Marriage certificate
• Restraining Orders between you and the other parent or naming the child(ren) in this application
• Photo of the other parent
• Proof of income for yourself or the other parent
• Visitation schedule
• Child support payment history information (if there is already an order for the other parent to pay child support)
• Any other document or image that you would like to provide the child support agency managing your case

DUPLICATE UPLOADS OF THE SAME ITEM MAY PREVENT YOUR ENROLLMENT FROM SUBMITTING SUCCESSFULLY.

I understand that IF approved:

• This request will stay in effect until I let the local child support agency know in writing that they may now give out my information, and the local child support agency tells me that they have received my request.
• Under federal law, an authorized person may make a written request to the court that has jurisdiction to make or enforce child support or visitation determinations, for release of my information.
• The local child support agency will let me know in writing if the court orders the release of any information on my case.