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The Division of Child Support helps parents establish a financial
partnership to support their children when they do not live together.
Services through the Division of Child Support are available to any adult who has legal custody of a minor child. Services are also available to fathers who need help establishing paternity.
Those who receive public assistance (TANF, Medicaid, Title IV-E foster care) and are the custodian or guardian of a minor child whose parent(s) does not live in their home are automatically referred for child support services.
Child Support Specialists provide assistance in the following ways:
DCS Customer Connect:
DCS Customer Connect is a secure, interactive website within the Division of Child Support providing recent payment information and the amount of child support owed.
Additional information will be added to this site, allowing our customers to update their address, telephone and employer information. The site includes recent case actions taken, court hearing dates, license restriction information and other beneficial case information.
Our customers will receive their PIN number and access information regarding this secured website by mail in the next few months.
If you have trouble accessing the site or have any concerns, please contact the Division of Child Support via e-mail (please include your name and case number) or by phone 605-773-3641.
South Dakota Commission on Child Support
The commission is conducting its required four-year review of South Dakota’s child support guidelines. The commission may recommend changes that reflect adjustments in the costs of raising children, paternity establishment and disestablishment processes and presumptions, and other issues with related statutes.
The hearings are not intended for specific comments or to address complaints involving individual child-support cases or visitation.
Members of the Governor's Commission on Child Support
Rick Cronin - Non Custodial Parent - Ft. Pierre
Gloria Miller- Custodial Parent - Aberdeen
Tom Lee - Child Support Referee - Pierre
Margaret Gillespie - Attorney - Alcester
Representative Brian Gosch - Rapid City
Senator Ried Holien - Watertown
Judge Patricia Riepel - Sioux Falls
Gail Stoltenburg - Division of Child Support - Pierre
Meetings *Open to the public*
Monday, June 11th
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. CDT
Conference Room 3 - Kneip Building - First Floor
700 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501
*Members of the public from the Aberdeen area are invited to take part in this hearing by going to the Dakota Digital Network (DDN) Studio at Northern State University, in Room 117 of the Library Building at 1200 South Jay Street.
Monday, July 2, 2012
6:00 – 8:00 pm MDT
Lincoln Room - Ramkota Hotel
2111 N. LaCrosse Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Monday, August 13, 2012
6:00 – 8:00 pm CDT
Palisades rooms 1 & 2 - Holiday Inn City Centre
100 W. 8th Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Written comments or suggestions may also be submitted for consideration by the full commission by mailing them to the Department of Social Services, Attn: Child Support Commission, 700 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2291 or by e-mailing DCS@state.sd.us. Deadline for public comment is September 1, 2012.
Click here to view the 2008 Final Report of the South Dakota Commission on Child Support