Can I pay the custodial parent directly, without going through the Payment Center?

If you pay the custodial parent directly, there is no accounting of the payment on the official court record. Several enforcement actions could be initiated against you and the court could determine that the direct payments were gifts and not child support payments. Further, your court order very likely requires you to pay through the Payment Center.

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1. Can I pay the custodial parent directly, without going through the Payment Center?
2. How am I supposed to pay my child support while I am incarcerated?
3. Where do I pay my monthly payment?
4. How do I check if any payments have been received on my case?
5. If my paycheck has child support withheld and I think it is too much, what do I do?
6. If the person responsible for paying child support doesn't pay, who will pay the support owed to me?
7. What agency sends my child support payment to me?
8. If the payor makes a child support payment, will I receive the entire amount paid?
9. What is a notice to withhold income?
10. What if I don’t want to pay my child support through income withholding from my paycheck?
11. Who do I call if I have information about the person responsible for making the child support payments?