Purpose of The Child Support Services Division (CSSD)
When the relationship between a child's parents ends, it does not mean that either parent's responsibility for that child ends. Both parents remain financially and legally obligated to a child no matter whether the parents remain together or not.
The Child Support Services Division (CSSD) is the district agency that helps the person caring for a child to collect child support from the child's non-custodial parent. The CSSD also helps those who are divorced to collect spousal support.
Some Important Legal Terms
The parents in a case may be referred to with different names.
- The person entitled to support is called an:
obligee
custodial parent, or
caretaker.
- The person owing support is called an:
obligor
non-custodial parent, or
absent parent.
- For other important definitions, see the section Child Support Terms
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