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Director: Melissa Mauer-Smith Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney
Family Support Division
324 E. 11th Street, Suite 1100
Kansas City, MO 64106-2421 Phone: (816) 881-3171
Fax: (816) 881-3184 Email: FamSupport@jacksongov.org
The Family Support Division's mission is to serve the families of Jackson County by working with parents and guardians to: - Find a parent
- Establish legal fatherhood for a child
- Obtain a child support order, including a provision for health care coverage
- Collect child support payments
- Enforce medical support provisions
- Review support orders for modification, if appropriate
- Work with other states to pursue any of these actions
In support of this mission, the Division is committed to the following goals: - To enhance awareness of the mission of the Prosecuting Attorney's Office - Family Support Division
- To give priority attention to the interests and needs of children.
- To establish orders for children in need of support, including establishment of paternity, when necessary.
- To enforce obligations using appropriate remedies, when necessary, and to monitor compliance with those obligations.
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