The Santa Clara County Department of Child Support Services strives to make sure that the custodial person receives prompt and full child support payments.

Our primary tool for collecting child support is the wage assignment, which is a court-ordered deduction from wages. Federal regulations require DCSS to issue a wage assignment when it establishes a new or modified order.

Other collection tools include liens, license revocations of permanent, state-issued licenses, and tax refund intercepts.

Regarding distribution of child support collections, regulations require DCSS to process a payment within two days of the date we receive it.