VERMONT Part 20

Extraordinary medical expenses and childcare expenses are add on expenses.

Child Support Enforcement

Office of Child Support (OCS) is the state agency responsible for establishing, collecting upon, enforcing, and modifying support orders for children who do not live with both parents. The OCS helps custodial parents establish parentage; establish an order for child and medical support; modify or enforce an existing order for child and medical support; make support payments to the custodial parent; and locate a missing noncustodial parent.

Services are available to parents and guardians of children under 18 or still in high school. There is a $5 monthly fee for services limited to recording and distributing support payments through the OCS Registry; otherwise, all OCS services are free at this time.