Child Support Enforcement annual report, 1997

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Supporting Our Children
All children need emotional and financial support from both their father and mother. Georgia's Child Support Enforcement program works to benefit children by enforcing the parental responsibility to pay financial support. This helps to promote and enhance family self-sufficiency and stability as well as reducing the public burden of supporting financially abandoned children. The child support services offered by 80 offices across Georgia help children receive the support they deserve.
Georgia collected $314.1 million in child support for the benefit of more than 602,000 children during FY97. This was an increase of $11.5 million over FY96. During the year, new initiatives improved the state's child support program for Georgia children and their parents. These efforts reinforced the value of parental responsibility and increased services for children needing help.
Georgia is recognized as a national child support enforcement leader thanks to the commitment of people devoted to children, families and the child support program. Despite these efforts, many children are not receiving the support they need. We will continue to work to strengthen enforcement laws and enhance our services to collect more support for Georgia children.
Please take the time to review the FY97 Georgia Child Support Enforcement Annual Report for more specific information concerning our program.

Collecting Child Support

Child Support Enforcement (CSE) services are available to Georgia parents who need assistance. The custodial parent may apply at the CSE office that serves their county. There is a one-time fee of $25. The custodial parent is asked to furnish legal documents, if available, and information about the non-custodial parent.
Child Support Services Include:
Locating non-custodial parents Establishing paternity Establishing and enforcing child support
orders Establishing and enforcing medical
support orders Collecting and distributing support
payments

Suspending or revoking driver's, professional or occupational licenses for failure to pay child support
Reviewing and modifying child support orders periodically
Intercepting lottery winnings of more than $5000
Filing contempt of court actions which may result in a jail sentence if the non-custodial parent is found in contempt of court
Filing liens and levy on tangible/intangible property
Seizing matched bank accounts after notice.

Collection and
Enforcement Tools
Available to CSE:
Withholding child support from paychecks or unemployment benefits
Intercepting federal and/or state income tax refunds to pay child support arrears
Garnishing workers' compensation benefits Reporting parents owing more than
$1,000 in child support payments to credit bureaus

CSE's Fatherhood Initiative Benefits Georgia Children and Taxpayers

Fathers have become the focus this year of a new CSE initiative. The new effort is designed to raise awareness of the important role fathers have in their child's life and to help overcome the problem of non-payment of support. Many fathers want to support their children, but lack the job skills necessary to obtain employment that pays enough to live on and pay their full support obligation. Many fathers lack the parenting skills necessary to be the positive role model they want to be in their child's life.
CSE has entered into contracts in seven judicial circuits around the state with other service providers, educational institutions and community-based agencies to provide services necessary to qualified non-custodial men.
The seven judicial circuits are:
Dougherty J.e.(Albany) Southern J.e. (Valdosta & Moultrie) Atlanta J.C. Coweta J.e. (Newnan & Carrollton) Dublin J.e. Western J.e. (Athens) Stone Mountain J.e.
Each contract design is different, reflecting the resources and needs of each geographic area.
The goal of the project is to eliminate barriers so that at-risk non-custodial parents can obtain the counseling, education, vocational training and job placement assistance they need to access and retain stable gainful employment. Georgia

children will benefit by receiving regular financial support and having fathers equipped to be a positive role model. Georgia taxpayers will benefit through a decrease in the public's expenditures of TANF payments, increased employment and a reduction in the rates of repeat pregnancies by young participants.

New Legislation Broadens eSE's Authority

With strong backing from Governor Zell Miller, the 1997 Legislature enacted all of the mandated requirements to bring the State into compliance with the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996. Many thanks go out to the team of child support attorneys, the Law Department and the Governor's Assistant Executive Counsel who transformed the federal mandates into HB284. Representative Thurbert Baker (now State Attorney General) sponsored the bill in the House for the Governor and Senator Mark Taylor was the Governor's floor leader in the Senate.
The bill was signed by Governor Miller into law on May 5, 1997. The provisions of the law were effective July 1. 1997 with two exceptions. The new hire legislation changes became effective May 1, 1997 and the effective date for the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) is January 1, 1998. The Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Support Act (URESA) is repealed to the extent that after December 31, 1997 there is no authority to entertain new filings under this Act.

The enacted legislation vests Child Support Enforcement with extensive administrative authority to enforce child support orders. Because of changes in procedural law, legal proceedings will be simplified and expedited (Le., no more jury trials for paternity and settlements are permitted prior to filing a petition). Georgia's compliance with the federal mandates prevent the State from losing substantial federal funding. Also, failure to have approved the legislation could have put the State's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funding at risk. This landmark legislation will serve as the foundation upon which we will build to take the child support program into the 21 st century.
HB284 contains provisions that will benefit every aspect of the Child Support I;:nforcement program. A brief description follows. Policies and procedures for implementing the legislation are underway and staff training will be provided this fall.

Establishment of paternity provisions:
Requires genetic testing upon request of any party involved
Eliminates jury trials in establishing paternity
Permits the father to legitimate a child in an action initiated by the Department of Human Resources (DHR) to establish paternity
Allows bills for pregnancy and childbirth to be recovered
Faster procedures for seizing
assets from delinquent parents:
Allows the Title IV-D agency to file liens and levy on tangible/intangible property without going to court
Establishes the Title IV-D program financial match process within the Department of Administrative Services (DOAS)
Authorizes CSE to seize matched bank accounts after notice

promptly
Faster procedures to locate absent parents:
Public/private agencies must provide CSE locate information
Information provided is confidential to Title IV-D purposes
New hire provisions apply to all employers, no sunset
Enactment of Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA):
URESA ends, replaced with UIFSA effective January 1, 1998
Interstate income deduction becomes possible with UIFSA
UIFSA eliminates multiple orders for child support

Faster collection procedures:
Payments due and not paid will become judgements by operation of law
CSE authorized to issue income deduction orders
Fraudulent conveyances to evade support payments are voidable
Contempt hearings must be scheduled

CSE Expands Customer Service Efforts

In the fall of 1996, CSE contracted with Georgia State University to conduct research and operate a Customer Service Unit. The unit is located at Georgia State University. The University contracted with Technology Management Resources(TMI) to operate the unit. Personnel operating the customer service unit are employed by TMI.
Clients calling the CSE Hotline may select the option of speaking to an operator which is the Customer Service Unit. There are eight customer service analysts available to answer questions or assist with problems.
The Customer Service Unit is operational between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday Friday. Customer Service Analysts are available during hours of operation. The CSE Hotline operates during the same hours.
The bulk of questions received by the Customer Service Unit are for:
payment information requests for enforcement
Customer Service Analysts also help customers with information changes such as addresses, employment and phone numbers. They document their activities on the Child Support STARS computer system. Local offices then view these activities and take the necessary action on the case.
TMI also conducted a survey of 600 CSE clients to determine the level of satisfaction with their Agent and the CSE Hotline. The survey results revealed that:
82% were satisfied or very satisfied with the overall level of service provided
85% were satisfied or very satisfied with the accuracy of information provided
93% felt they were treated with respect

Child Support
Enters
Cyberspace
http://www.state.ga.us/
Child Support Enforcement joined other Georgia government agencies in cyberspace on August 1, 1996 with a World Wide Web home page on the Internet. CSE can now provide up-to-date child support information to a worldwide audience in less time, and at a fraction of the cost of using traditional printing and distribution methods. During FY97, almost 10,000 Internet users accessed the Georgia Child Support web site.
Internet users can access a wide range of child support information on the site including an application for services and Georgia's current Most Wanted poster. By simply clicking a button, custodial parents can print out and complete the application before their first visit.

Child Support Hotline Busiest in State Goverment

The CSE Hotline began operation September 1, 1986 with one line to serve as a central point of information and a clearinghouse for problem solving. Today, with 16 lines (four-800 lines and 12 local Atlanta lines), the CSE Hotline handles more calls than any other hotline operating in Georgia state government.

The CSE Hotline is operational from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Hotline is only accessible to Georgia callers.

In FY97, the CSE Hotline:
Received 3,693,443 phone calls
Handled an increase of 1.1 million calls over the previous year
Enabled eight percent of the callers to speak to one of our Customer Service Analysts
Received 49.6% of all the calls made to the ten State operated hotlines combined
The Child Support Hotline receives no special funding. The estimated FY97 operating cost of $330,000 comes from CSE's regular telecommunications budget. A workorder request has been submitted to add additional lines during FY98.
A block has recently been placed on the 800 number in the 404 and 770 area codes in order to enable more long distance callers to get through on the toll-free lines. Callers in the 404 and 770 area codes are encouraged to use the direct Atlanta lines.

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If you live in the
404, 678 or 770 area code, call (404) 6S7~2780
This is a local call.
If you live in the
706 or 912 area code, call (800) 227-7993
This is a toll free call.
Hotline hours are: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday

To publicize this change, posters with the Hotline numbers on them were printed and distributed to all CSE and DFCS offices statewide. 10,000 refrigerator magnets for clients were distributed through CSE offices in the 404 and 770 area codes.

$TARS is the Largest
Client Server System
Operated by the State
Child Support Enforcement's $TARS (Support Tracking, Accounting and Reporting System) system is one of Georgia's largest computer systems and is the largest client server application operated by the State.

STARS:
Processes in excess of $314 million in collections each year
Issues 10,000 system generated checks to Georgia parents each day
Operates at 85 locations with 1,300 system users who can access the approximately 500,000 active cases
Has one or more interfaces with over 20 state, federal and private systems
Was completed on time and within budget
Georgia was one of only four states to have a certified system by the October, 1995 federal deadline. Currently there are still only fifteen states with certified child support systems and Georgia's is the largest of those systems. The contractor cost was just under $9 million. The full cost, including training and $6 million of PC hardware, was $21 million of which the federal government funded almost $19 million. The average cost for the other 49 states is more than $30 million and increasing. For three of the five states bordering Georgia, the projected costs are over $60 million.

GC Services
Collections Benefit
Georgia Children
Child Support Enforcement has contracted for several years with GC Services, a private collection agency, to assist in collecting support payments. Georgia was one of the first child support agencies in the country to experiment with privatization. The partnership has proven to be very successful for the children of Georgia.

The $TARS project was a cooperative team effort of Child Support Enforcement, DOAS and a private contractor. The ability of CSE and DOAS to work together to overcome the numerous obstacles encountered and to provide the required environment was essential to the project. The harmonious relationship between the state and the contractor in the project is in stark contrast to the state / contractor relationships in many other states.

FY97 collections by GC Services totaled $32,159,361
Cases are automatically referred to GC Services if there has been no support collection in the last three months (excluding lottery and tax intercept) and the compliance balance is at least $500. Cases can also be manually referred by the CSE Agent at any time.

Employer Reporting Program Aids Locate
and Enforcement Efforts
Beginning July 1, 1997, Georgia employers have a simple way to assist with child support collections. Employers will report new hires and rehires to the Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) either by sending a copy of the new employee's W-4 form or through other convenient methods. Employers must notify DOAS within 10 calendar days of hiring an employee. DOAS did a mass mailing in June, 1997 to 194,219 employers in the State of Georgia reminding them of the legal requirem:nt to participate in the New Hire program and of Its importance to the children of Georgia.
CSE staff will use this information to quickly locate missing parents, match employees with support obligations and take appropriate steps to begin collecting support.
During FY97: 62,810 new hire matches were made $16,417,800 in collections were obtained as a result
The employer must provide the employee's name, address, Social Security number and, when available, date of birth. The employer must also provide its own name, address and federal employer identification number on the report.

Driver's and
Professional License
Suspension Begins
Child Support Enforcement can suspend driver's and professional licenses for failure to pay support. The law applies to non-custodial parents who are at least 60 days behind in paying support and are not willing to enter into a payment plan for making support payments. Before suspending any licenses, CSE will send notices to noncustodial parents who owe at least 60 days in back support. The notices will give the parents 90 days to either pay the outstanding support in full, enter into a payment plan or ask for a hearing if they dispute the amount.
The list of licenses and licensing boards includes 193 licenses and 36 licensing boards. In August, 1996, 152,293 cases were referred to the Secretary of State's office to see if a match existed. Within two months, 1,761 licenses were matched on 1,512 cases.
This new enforcement tool enabled CSE to collect $1,551,502.18 on 968 cases in just eight months.

$1. 7 Billion in Child Support Collected During Governor Zell Miller's Administration

Since its inception in 1973, CSE has collected $2.2 billion on behalf of children and families around the state. More than 75% of this amount was collected during the seven years Governor Zell Miller has been in office.
Much of this increase can be attributed to the new enforcement tools granted by the Legislature in recent years, a new statewide computer system ($TARS) which also placed a computer on the desk of each CSE employee, privatization initiatives and the dedication and commitment of CSE employees across the state.

During FY97:
$314,107,520 in child support was collected
Collections increased $11.5 million over FY96
$3.8 million was collected from intercepted state tax refunds
$30.8 million was collected from intercepted federal tax refunds
$2.1 million was collected from unemployment compensation benefits

'90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97
State Fiscal Year

* CASESw! * CASES

JUDICIAL

*

COLLECTIONS

CASELOAD

* SUPPORT * RECEIVING

CIRCUIT

TANF

NonTANF

TOTAL * TANF NonTANF TOTAL * ORDER * PAYMENT

====================== * ========== =========== =========== * ======== ======== ======== .* ========== * ===========

Alapaha J.C.

1,249,317 2,063,937 3,313,254 * 1,545 2,912 4,457 *

2,898 *

2,120

Alcovy J.C.

* 1,670,110 4,559,822 6,229,932 * 1,750 4,969 6,719 *

4,265 *

3,150

Appalachian J.C.

520,329 1,430,431 1,950,760 *

640 1,826 2,466 *

1,250 *

934

Atlanta J. C.

6,688,954 1,259,355 7,948,309 * 22,702 14,374 37,076 *

10,036 *

5,147

Atlanta - CSSG***

* 2,376,011 19,151,973 21,527,984 * 2,505 20,720 23,225 *

14,971 *

10,155

Atlantic J. C.*

1,729,627 4,726,237 6,455,864 * 3,711

9,023 12,734 *

5,219 *

3,311

Augusta J.C.

5,486,453 10,224,288 15,710,741 * 10,198 16,428 26,626 *

13,306 *

8,838

Blue Ridge J.C.

676,538 3,260,262 3,936,800 *

705 2,820 3,525 *

2,197 *

1,613

Brunswick J.C.

2,130,725 5,518,681 7,649,406 * 3,495 8,291 11,786 *

6,222 *

4,154

Chattahoochee J.C.

4,724,921 6,713,651 11,438,572 * 8,269 13,217 21,486 *

9,149 *

6,539

Cherokee J.C.

* 776,073 2,683,225 3,459,298 * 1,186 4,632 5,818 *

2,720 *

1,760

Clayton J.C. - State

* 1,015,205 3,931,057 4,946,262 * 3,138 6,725 9,863 *

3,221 *

2,363

Clayton J.C. - URESA**

203,076 3,095,742 3,298,818 *

757 3,510 4,267 *

1,848 *

1,357

Cobb J.C. - State

324,530

299,578

624,108 * 2,309 3,180 5,489 *

698 *

323

Cobb J.C. - URESA**

* 386,035 6,670,754 7,056,789 *

927

5,811

6,738 *

3,587 *

2,531

Cobb J.C. - CSSG***

246,443 4,539,906 4,786,349 *

186 4,817 5,003 *

2,546 *

1,913

Conasauga J.C.

1,171,682 3,802,114 4,973,796 *

1,235 4,261

5,496 *

3,418 *

2,472

Cordele J. C.

2,068,438 2,649,257 4,717,695 * 2,293 3,742 6,035 *

4,421 *

3,108

Coweta J.C.

3,520,296 6,646,732 10,167,028 * 3,660 9,546 13,206 *

9,309 *

5,848

Dougherty J.C.

3,672,242 4,961,468 8,633,710 *

4,721

7,438 12,159 *

7,047 *

5,351

Douglas J.C.

* 505,496 2,452,691 2,958,187 *

579 2,295 2,874 *

1,778 *

1,236

Dublin J.C.

* 1,598,231 2,837,142 4,435,373 * 2,103 4,067 6,170 *

3,879 *

2,989

Eastern J.C.*

4,258,925 8,148,004 12,406,929 * 7,093 11,518 18,611 *

9,481 *

6,230

Enotah J.C.

362,610 1,242,986 1,605,596 *

282 1,097 1,379 *

905 *

774

Flint J.C.

1,247,439 3,515,969 4,763,408 * 1,198 3,932 5,130 *

3,458 *

2,608

Griffin J.C.

2,162,563 5,183,792 7,346,355 * 2,433 5,280 7,713 *

6,017 *

4,084

Gwinnett J.C.

920,148 6,323,207 7,243,355 * 2,333 8,841 11,174 *

3,976 *

2,795

Houston J.C.

* 1,183,105 3,463,117 4,646,222 * 1,727 3,883 5,610 *

3,273 *

2,588

Lookout Mountain J.e.

* 1,170,978 4,648,128 5,819,106 * 1,505 4,592 6,097 *

3,647 *

2,774

Macon J.C.

3,058,644 4,084,711 7,143,355 * 6,709 10,727 17,436 *

7,910 *

4,763

Middle J.C.

2,725,884 4,208,450 6,934,334 * 2,953 5,624 8,577 *

5,177 *

4,129

Mountain J.C.

575,490 1,492,453 2,067,943 *

656 2,100 2,756 *

1,493 *

1,098

Northeastern J.C.

984,147 3,407,286 4,391,433 *

1,687 5,601

7,288 *

2,920 *

2,089

Northern J.C.

1,484,986 2,682,221 4,167,207 * 1,779 4,075 5,854 *

3,209 *

2,441

Ocmulgee J.C.

2,976,065 6,527,123 9,503,188 * 2,985 6,603 9,588 *

6,717 *

5,172

Oconee J.C. Ogeechee J. C.*

* 1,377,446 1,630,767

2,513,696 3,070,367

3,891,142 * 4,701,134 *

1,464 2,322

3,009 4,495

4,473 * 6,817 *

2,975 * 3,598 *

2,264 2,770

Pataula J.C.*

1,831,576 1,798,515 3,630,091 * 2,632 4,225 6,857 *

3,531 *

2,609

Piedmont J.C. Rockdale J.C.

797,307 394,872

1,917,186 1,716,736

2,714,493 * 2,111,608 *

1,036 424

2,735 1,441

3,771 * 1,865 *

1,896 * 1,087 *

1,461 874

Rome J.e.

* 1,230,938 3,149,714 4,380,652 * 1,728 3,849 5,577 *

3,727 *

2,444

Southern J. C. South Georgia J.C.

* 3,889,694 * 3,056,620

6,550,213 10,439,907 * 4,076,132 7,132,752 *

6,935 11,552 18,487 * 3,008 4,893 7,901 *

8,939 * 5,208 *

6,508 4,001

Southwestern J. C.

Stone Mtn. J.C. - State

*

Stone Mtn. J.C. - URESA** *

2,116,411 2,854,789
919,189

3,040,183 1,011,735 6,578,079

5,156,594 * 3,866,524 * 7,497,268 *

3,172 7,717 3,744

4,385 4,538 11,157

7,557 * 12,255 * 14,901 *

3,991 * 3,579 * 5,586 *

3,041 1,950 3,540

Stone Mtn. J.C. - eSSG*** * 1,005,760 11,627,403 12,633,163 *

558 16,236 16,794 *

9,626 *

6,810

Tallapoosa J.C. Tifton J.C.*

803,741 * 2,498,418

2,746,108 3,665,004

3,549,849 * 6,163,422 *

1,255 2,391

3,633 4,301

4,888 * 6,692 *

2,661 * 4,932 *

1,775 4,029

Toombs J.C.*

* 1,244,591 1,785,091

3,029,682 *

1,391

2,569

3,960 *

2,642 *

2,030

Waycross J.C.

* 2,094,488 3,472,659 5,567,147 * 3,320 6,258 9,578 *

5,233 *

3,318

Western J.e.

* 1,232,389 2,152,237 3,384,626 * 1,913 3,515 5,428 *

3,180 *

2,090

====================== * ================================ * ======== ======== ======== * ========== * ===========

State Total

* 76,500,294 144,419,733 220,920,027 * 128,747 222,886 351,633 * 176,992 *

122,985

Contract Attorney Total * 14,702,204 39,537,793 54,239,997 * 24,968 56,609 81,577 *

40,424 *

28,407

---------------------------- Privatized Total

3,628,214 35,319,282 38,947,496 * 3,249 41,773 45,022 *

27,143 *

18,878

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Grand Total

* 94,830,712 219,276,808 314,107,520 * 156,964 321,268 478,232 * 244,559 *

170,270

*Contracted Attorney Office **Contracted Attorney Office for URESA only ***Private Vendor

Through the Looking Glass:
Child Support in the Future
Change comes with the winds and the times. Beyond the implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act provisions, what remains? Yes, more change, but these changes will not involve new laws so much as new ways of doing things. Here is a quick list of things that could become a reality:

Centralization
After years of decentralization, CSE will consolidate functions within the Regions. Locate services, financial analysis and customer services will be removed, all or in part, from local offices and placed within a single regional customer service center.
Regional Customer Service Centers
The regional customer service centers, along with a state level center, will relieve local offices of much of the responsibility for receiving and responding to inquires from custodial parents, non-custodial parents, employers and the public in general. The regional customer service centers will use state of the art telephone automation and computer tracking automation.
Privatization
Privatization will continue. The paternity acknowledgement and new hire programs are prime candidates for privatization. Further privatization of non-TANF work loads mayor may not continue depending on the outcome of a review of the costs and effectiveness of these efforts and the availability of funding.
Computer Enhancements
Computer systems ($TARS) will continue to evolve. Machine logic or artificial intelligence will begin to appear. This machine logic will take the worker through the enforcement /

establishment process based on answers to questions; works like a decision tree. If the answer to "1" is "yes", then the system will offer another choice and so forth until the appropriate case action is determined.
Coordinating Services Through DHR Districts
CSE services will be coordinated through DHR Districts linked by a comprehensive computer system. CSE offices will use DHR District offices and the DHR system to coordinate services with applicants from all DHR programs, not just TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid.
TANF Cap Increases Need for CSE Services
The demand for CSE services will become critical to TANF families as the four (4) year limitation period approaches. Early in the twenty-first century, CSE will feel the pressure from custodial parents who will suddenly feel the loss of TANF.
State Registry of all Support Orders
CSE will record and monitor through its state registry all orders for support in the state. All income deduction order payments will be processed through the state Family Support Collection Unit. CSE will be serving directly and indirectly almost one million families.

Georgia Child Support Enforcement Offices
Counties served by each office are in italics

Alapaha Judicial Circuit 303 South Jefferson Street P.O. Box 1078 Nashville, GA 31639 912-686-7678
Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch, Cook, Lanier
Alcovy Judicial Circuit 4174 Baker Street P.O. Box 1038 Covington, GA 30015 770-784-2499
Newton
Alcovy Judicial Circuit 226 Alcovy Street, Bldg. E-15 P.O. Box 1792 Monroe, GA 30655 770-207-4180
Walton
Appalachian Judicial Circuit 125 Kiker Street Ellijay, GA 30540 706-276-2364
Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens
Atlanta Judicial Circuit 1776 Peachtree Road Suite 500, North Tower Atlanta, GA 30309 404-206-5362
Fulton
Atlanta Judicial Circuit 3201 Atlanta Industrial Parkway Suite 301 Atlanta, GA 30331 404-699-6868
Fulton
Atlantic Judicial Circuit 945 E.G. Miles Parkway P.O. Box 9 Hinesville, GA 31310 912-876-4154
Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, Mcintosh, Tattnall

Augusta Judicial Circuit 360 Bay Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 1427 Augusta, GA 30901 706-721-6991
Richmond
Augusta Judicial Circuit 2046 Gordon Highway Augusta, GA 30909 706-731-7000
Columbia, Richmond
Augusta Judicial Circuit 603 Liberty Street P.O. Box 608 Waynesboro, GA 30830 706-554-6508
Burke
Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit 321 Lamar Halley Parkway P.O. Box 1188 Canton, GA 30114 770-720-3585
Cherokee, Forsyth
Brunswick Judicial Circuit 4420 Altama Avenue P.O. Box 1624 Brunswick, GA 31521 912-262-3000
Camden, Glynn
Brunswick Judicial Circuit 446 West Plum Street P.O. Box 584 Jesup, GA 31545 912-427-5833
Appling, Jeff Davis, Wayne
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit 1327 Third Avenue P.O. Box 309 Columbus, GA 31902 706-649-7317
Chattahoochee, Muscogee

Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Talbotton Plaza, Hwy 41 P.O. Box 868 Talbotton, GA 31827 706-665-8128
Harris, Marion, Talbot, Taylor
Cherokee Judicial Circuit 645 Henderson Drive, Suite 4 P.O. Box 1300 Cartersville, GA 30120 770-387 -3724
Bartow, Gordon
Clayton Judicial Circuit 409 Arrowhead Boulevard Suite A-6 Jonesboro, GA 30236 770-473-2474
Clayton
Clayton Judicial Circuit 121 South McDonough Street 1st Floor Annex Jonesboro, GA 30236 770-477-4552
Clayton - URESA only
Cobb Judicial Circuit 590 Commerce Park Drive Suite 112 Marietta, GA 30060 770-528-3500
Cobb
Cobb Judicial Circuit 10 East Park Square Suite 402 Marietta, GA 30060 770-528-2410
Cobb - URESA only
Conasauga Judicial Circuit 417 West Crawford Street P.O. Box 885 Dalton, GA 30722 706-272-2326
Murray, Whitfield

Cordele Judicial Circuit
108-A 16th Avenue East P.O. Box 1273 Cordele, GA 31010 912-276-2338 Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox
Coweta Judicial Circuit
926 Maple Street Carrollton, GA 30117 770-836-6870 Carroll, Heard, Troup
Coweta Judicial Circuit
8-A Madison Street P.O. Box D Newnan, GA 30264 770-254-7249 Coweta, Meriwether
Dougherty Judicial Circuit
102 North Washington Street Albany, GA 31701 912-430-4520 Dougherty
Douglas Judicial Circuit
8677 Hospital Drive P.O. Box 1297 Douglasville, GA 30133 770-489-3014 Douglas
Dublin Judicial Circuit
904 Claxton Dairy Road P.O. Box 488 Dublin, GA 31021 912-275-6576 Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Twiggs
Eastern Judicial Circuit
Chatham Cty Courthouse Annex 415 W. Broughton Street Suite 101 Savannah, GA 31401 912-652-7400 Chatham
Enotah Judicial Circuit
133 Tipton Drive P.O. Box 939 Dahlonega, GA 30533 706-864-2486 Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White

Flint Judicial Circuit
492 West Third Street P.O. Box 879 Jackson, GA 30233 770-504-2224 Butts, Monroe
Flint Judicial Circuit
46 Sloan Street P.O. Box 113 McDonough, GA 30253 770-954-2010 Henry, Lamar
Griffin Judicial Circuit
1435 North Expressway Suite 602 Griffin, GA 30223 770-229-3100 Fayette, Spalding
Griffin Judicial Circuit
1457 Highway 19 North P.O. Box 632 Thomaston, GA 30286 706-646-6016 Pike, Upson
Gwinnett Judicial Circuit
2300 Pleasant Hill Road Suite B-17 P.O. Box 957509 Duluth, GA 30095 770-495-7281 Gwinnett
Gwinnett Judicial Circuit
75 Langley Drive P.O. Box 1107 Lawrenceville, GA 30046 770-822-8420 Gwinnett
Houston Judicial Circuit
151 South Houston Lake Road P.O. Box 8038 Warner Robins, GA 31095 912-953-4407 Houston
Lookout Mtn. Judicial Circuit
10056 North Highway 27 P.O. Box 39 Rock Springs, GA 30739 706-375-0701 Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker

Macon Judicial Circuit
2720 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 7467 Macon, GA 31209 912-752-1500 Bibb, Crawford, Peach
Macon Judicial Circuit
584 North Dugger Avenue P.O. Box 36 Roberta, GA 31078 912-836-3169 Crawford, Peach
Middle Judicial Circuit
125 East Church Street P.O. Box 540 Sandersville, GA 31082 912-552-6845 Jefferson, Washington
Middle Judicial Circuit
107 South Main Street P.O. Box 1409 Swainsboro, GA 30401 912-237-5931 Candler, Emanuel, Toombs
Mountain Judicial Circuit
518-A Monroe Street P.O. Box 376 Clarkesville, GA 30523 706-754-9100 Habersham, Rabun, Stephens
Northeastern Judicial Circuit
465 EE Butler Parkway Second Floor P.O. Box 3395 Gainesville, GA 30503 770-535-5735 Dawson, Hall
Northern Judicial Circuit
11 Seaboard Street P.O. Box 6400 Elberton, GA 30635 706-213-2014 Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison, Oglethorpe
Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit
2930 Heritage Place, Suite 101 Milledgeville, GA 31061 912-445-4761 Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Wilkinson

Oconee Judicial Circuit 600-A Sixth Avenue P.O. Box 4063 Eastman, GA 31023 912-374-6800
Bleckley, Dodge, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler
Ogeechee Judicial Circuit 203 Laurel Street Nations Bank Building P.O. Box 300 Springfield, GA 31329 912-754-9249
Effingham
Ogeechee Judicial Circuit I-A Courtland Street P.O. Box 397 Statesboro, GA 30458 912-489-8747
Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven
Pataula Judicial Circuit 101 East Dawson Street P.O. Box 30 Cuthbert, GA 31740 912-732-2108
Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Terrell
Piedmont Judicial Circuit 28 Lee Street P.O. Box 1880 Winder, GA 30680 770-867-7414
Banks, Barrow, Jackson
Rockdale Judicial Circuit 1570 Iris Drive, Suite A P.O. Box 81790 Conyers, GA 30013 770-388-5000
Rockdale
Rome Judicial Circuit 400 Broad Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 473 Rome, GA 30162 706-295-6494
Floyd

Southern Judicial Circuit 606 Southeast First Street P.O. Box 1359 Moultrie, GA 31776 912-891-7220
Colquitt, Thomas
Southern Judicial Circuit 111-B South Patterson Street Suite 202 P.O. Box 1669 Valdosta, GA 31603 912-333-5240
Brooks, Echols, Lowndes
South Georgia Judicial Circuit 1O-A West Broad Street P.O. Box 565 Camilla, GA 31730 912-336-0490
Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell
Southwestern Judicial Circuit 502 Lawson Drive P.O. Box 1085 Americus, GA 31709 912-931-2420
Lee, Macon, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster
Stone Mtn. Judicial Circuit 750 Commerce Drive, Suite 100 P.O. Box 1647 Decatur, GA 30030 404-371-7300
DeKalb
Stone Mtn. Judicial Circuit 315 W. Ponce de Leon Avenue Suite 600 Decatur, GA 30030 404-687 -2401
Dekalb - (JRESA only
Stone Mtn. Judicial Circuit 2187 Northlake Parkway Suite 112 Tucker, GA 30084 770-414-3595
DeKalb

Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit 300 W/1 Parkway, Suite 207 P.O. Box 799 Dallas, GA 30132 770-443-7841
Haralson, Paulding, Polk
Tifton Judicial Circuit 405 North Henderson Street P.O. Box 426 Sylvester, GA 31791 912-776-0020
Worth, Turner
Tifton Judicial Circuit 246 E. Second Street Lee Building P.O. Box 7610 Tifton, GA 31793 912-387-8557 Irwin, Tift
Toombs Judicial Circuit 114 East Hall Street P.O. Drawer 966 Thomson, GA 30824 706-597-9720
Glascock, McDuffie, Warren
Toombs Judicial Circuit 23 East Court Street Room 301 Washington, GA 30673 706-678-3079
Lincoln, Taliaferro, Wilkes
Waycross Judicial Circuit 215-8 Albany Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Waycross, GA 31503 912-285-6061
Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, Ware
Western Judicial Circuit 850 Hawthorne Avenue P.O. Box 6257 Athens, GA 30604 706-369-5614
Clarke, Oconee

Department of Human Resources Tommy C. Olmstead, Commissioner
Division of Family and Children Services Peggy Peters, Director
Child Support Enforcement Robert Riddle, Director
Two Peachtree Street, N.W. Suite 15-100
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 657-3851