Child support services are available

To the editor:

Jay County prosecutor Wesley A. Schemenaur 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.

Prosecutor Wesley A. Schemenaur wants to increase awareness about existing child support services provided by our office. These services are vital to custodial parents and guardians providing for children. Our child support staff can help with determining paternity, establishing and modifying child support and medical support/health insurance orders, calculating past due child support, locating parents, collecting and disbursing child support and providing other related services essential to the well-being of Indiana’s children. 

As your county prosecutor, I take the issue of children’s well-being seriously and believe that consistent child support payments can help custodial families achieve economic stability. 

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

Financial support of Indiana’s children is crucial to their well-being and their ability to thrive during the critical years of childhood. My office stands ready to continue to ensure parents provide financial security for their children. This education and awareness campaign is designed to help families become more aware of the services that we provide and to utilize them. 

The Indiana child support program, carried out locally by the 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. 

For more information about child support services, visit our website at jaycountyprosecutor.com, call the Jay County Prosecutor’s Child Support office at (260) 726- 6981 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 csbwebapps.dcs.in.gov/IVDEnrollmentFormSite.

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

Wesley A. Schemenaur

Jay County Prosecuting Attorney