La Porte County Prosecutor Sean Fagan is joining prosecutors, the Indiana Department of Child Services/Child Support Bureau and child support services agencies throughout the country to recognize August as Child Support Awareness Month.

 

Fagan said he wants to the general public to know about the existing child support services provided his office.

 

His office can help determine paternity, establish and modify child support, medical support and assist with health insurance orders.

 

Fagan said his office also helps with calculating past due child support, locating parents, collecting and disbursing child support and other related services.

 

“I take the issue of children’s well-being seriously and believe that consistent child support payments can help custodial families achieve economic stability,” he said.

 

This full range of prosecutor-provided services is available to all Indiana parents and guardians free of charge.

 

The Indiana child support program, carried out locally by county prosecutors, serves more than 200,000 families statewide.

Last year, Indiana’s county prosecutors, county clerks, and the Indiana Child Support Bureau collected and distributed more than $498 million to Indiana families.

 

Fagan said his office collected and distributed over $6 million last year.

 

For more information about child support services, call the Laporte County Prosecutor’s Child Support office at 219-874-5611 Ext. 7823, or the Child Support Bureau’s KIDSLINE at (800) 840-8757 or (317) 233-5437.

 

Parents can enroll in child support services free of charge in person at the Prosecutor’s Office or online at Home Page - Child Support Services Enrollment Form.

 

Contact information for every county prosecutor’s child support office and general information about child support is available at childsupport.in.gov/county.