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  3. Making Child Support Payments

Making Child Support Payments

  • How do I make sure my payment is applied to the current month?
  • I live outside the United States. Can I use ExpertPay to pay child support?
  • What do I do if I have to stop a payment with my bank?
  • What is the Child Support Warning Notice?
  • My passport has a hold on it. Why? And how can I get it released?
  • My driver’s license has been suspended due to unpaid child support. How do I get it released?
  • Why is money being deducted from my unemployment check, or state disability payment?
  • Who can I talk to about my bank levy?
  •  I’m making payments but my child lives with me now. Can the child support order be changed?
  • Can I make a debit or credit card payment if the card-issuing bank is outside of the United States?
  • Who do I contact if I have a question about using PayPal for child support payments?
  • Who do I contact if I have questions about using the SDU website or their automated phone system?
  • How can I get my payment information?
  • What do I do if my payment gets returned by the bank?
  • My payments do not involve withholding from my paychecks. What are my payment options?
  • My employer takes my child support payment out of my paycheck. Do I need to do anything?
  • How do I make a payment on the State Disbursement Unit website?
  • How do I register with the State Disbursement Unit?
  •  Do I have to register on the SDU website?
  • Why do payments have to go through the SDU?
  • What is the State Disbursement Unit (SDU)?
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