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Collection Services Division - CSD - Child Support and Paternity - Koochiching County Public Health and Human Services

1000 5th Street, International Falls, MN 56649

Eligibility

Primarily serves Koochiching County a person can receive child support if: - the person is a parent of a minor child or is the person who has court-ordered custody of a minor child, the minor child lives in the person's household, the child is financially dependent on that person, one or both of the child's parents are absent from the home, or the court has ordered the amount of child support.

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
https://www.co.koochiching.mn.us/161/Public-Health-Human-Services
[email protected]

Languages

English

Interpretation services

Interpretation service can be arranged.

Application process

Call or walk in

Fees

A one-time $25 fee is required to start child support efforts for families not receiving public assistance.

Service area

Koochiching County, MN
International Falls, MN

Other Information

Application Process

Walk In

Description

The Child Support Division assists with: - Locating parents. - Establishing parentage. - Establishing and enforcing court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support. - Reviewing and modifying court orders for support. - Adjusting court orders based on the cost-of-living index. - Works with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota. - Collecting and processing payments. Minnesota Child Support Online: www.childsupport.dhs.state.mn.us/ Minnesota Child Support Online is an interactive web site developed by the State of Minnesota to provide child support participants with information about their case(s). NOTE: Either parent of a child may get certain child support services. Parents who do not receive public assistance can apply for services at their county child support office for a one-time $25 service fee. Parents who receive public assistance for a child whose other parent does not live with them are automatically referred for services and are not charged a service fee.

Last Assured

09/22/2025

Providing organization

Koochiching County Public Health and Human Services

Provides Social Service Programs, Financial and Medical Assistance, and Child Support services