The government program currently administered by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) was established in 1975 as part of Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act. This program is usually called the “Title IV-D program” and it is a Federal/State partnership whose mission is to enforce child support obligations against non-custodial parents. State IV-D programs are required to provide child support establishment and enforcement services to families receiving public financial assistance and to other families who apply for services. The State program must attempt to locate non-custodial parents, establish paternity, establish, and enforce support orders, and collect child support payments.
Pursuant to the Wyandotte County District Court Administrative Order issued on February 1, 1991, any subsequent cases involving child support establishment, modification, monitoring, or enforcement, that are not required to be referred to DCF under the Federal IV-D program, are to be referred to the District Court Trustee’s Office. In other words, all Non-IV-D cases with children involved are to be referred to the Wyandotte County District Court Trustee’s Office for establishment, modification, monitoring, and enforcement of child support final and temporary orders, unless a "good cause exception" is granted by the Chief Judge.
Cases originally IV-D cases handled by DCF may become Non-IV-D cases when parties no longer receive state assistance. If no state assistance is being received and no money for past state assistance is owed to the State, a party may request that child support establishment, modification, monitoring, and enforcement in their case be transferred to the Court Trustee’s Office. Examples of state services include financial assistance like, partial or full childcare payments, partial or full medical insurance payments, food stamps, etc. The party that used to receive state services may request, in writing, that support establishment, modification, monitoring and enforcement of child support be transferred to the District Court Trustee’s Office. A model form to Request to Terminate DCF Child Support Enforcement is provided on the Self Help Center page of the District Court website.