Child Support

If you need further help understanding the new child support guidelines, Register Iannella invites you to the Registry at 24 New Chardon Street, Boston. Here, the volunteer Lawyer for the Day is available to discuss individual cases with eligible Registry clients.

The staff and resources of the Registry's Robert L. Kavin Resource Center are also available to assist you.

If the state's Department of Revenue is involved in your case, or you wish to inquire about services provided to parents involved in child support cases, you can contact the DOR's Customer Service Center at: 1-800-332-2733.

Information about new 2009 child support guidelines issued by the Administrative Office of the Trial Court:

PLEASE NOTE: These new child support guidelines are effective as of January 1. 2009. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that these guidelines apply to all cases establishing or modifying a child support order. Existing orders and judgments less than three years old as of the effective date of these guidelines shall not be modified unless the income of one or both parties has changed, or other new circumstances warrant modification.

All of the following information was written and issued by the Administrative Office of the Trial Court, with complete details available by clicking on any of the following links:

	A full explanation of the new 2009 guidelines, including how and when these new guidelines should apply, income definitions, factors to now be considered by the court in setting child support orders, and other helpful information;
	Child support guidelines worksheet (includes a sample);
	Basic child support order chart by combined available income level.