Making Credit/Debit Card Payments is Simple!
There are many options to pay child support with a credit or debit card:
Credit or debit card payments can be made in person at Clermont County’s Child Support Office, 2400 Clermont Center Drive, Suite 107, Batavia, Ohio 45103.
Payments can be made by telephone through your caseworker (see “About Us” tab for caseworker contact information) or call the main child support telephone number (513) 732-7248.
Payments can also be made online at https://oh.smartchildsupport.com or by phone at (1-888-965-2676 and select option 5.
Payments can be made online through the Office of Child Support Customer Service Web Portal click here http://jfs.ohio.gov/Ocs/index.stm
You may use Discover, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, China UnionPay, Diners Club International, or JCB to make your payment.
There are no fees for credit/debit card payments.
Notice/Alerts
Child Support Lobby is Open
Customers are strongly encouraged to have a scheduled appointment when they visit our office which will allow us to administer safe customer flow with social distance measures in place.
Masks are required (customers with medical conditions, hearing impaired and children under 10 years old are excluded).
Appointments can be made by contacting your caseworker or calling (513) 732-7248. See Contact Us on this homepage (scroll to bottom, Contact Us is on the left side of homepage). Paperwork may be emailed to your caseworker, or to clermontsupportskids@jfs.ohio.gov, faxed to 513-732-7444, or mailed to our office.
IRS Economic Impact Payments
On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which, among other things, authorizes economic impact payments (also referred to as “stimulus payments” or “recovery rebate payments”) to eligible individuals. For details on these economic impact payments, please visit www.irs.gov/coronavirus.
Click here for Updated additional information Questions and Answers.
Click on “Tax Offset” tab for additional information.
COVID-19 Virus – Helpful information for customers with support obligations:
If you have new income information (including but not limited to employment, worker’s compensation or retirement income) please send the details of the income including the source of income, address and phone number of the income provider to: Clermontsupportskids.org via email. You may also leave this information via voicemail at 513-732-7248. Please be sure to include your name, name of person that receives the support, SETS Case number and your phone number.
If you have been laid off or are out of work due to COVID-19 please file for unemployment as soon as possible. Filing online is easy to do and possible 24 hours a day, seven days a week at unemployment.ohio.gov. When filing a claim related to COVID-19, workers should use the following mass-layoff number to expedite claim processing: 2000180. Unemployment insurance is a week-to-week benefit. Claimants must claim each week of unemployment taking the following steps:
• Log in at HYPERLINK “http://www.unemployment.ohio.gov“
• Click on the button next to the week they wish to claim.
• Answer all the questions.
• Certify your answers and click “Next” to receive a confirmation number.
Individuals needing special assistance to file their unemployment claims may call 1-877-OHIO-JOB (1-877-644-6562) toll-free during the following days and times:
Monday – Friday: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
For more information and resources related to unemployment insurance and COVID-19 visit: HYPERLINK “http://jfs.ohio.gov/ouio/CoronavirusAndUI.stm“
If you would like to request an Administrative Review of your Child Support Order you can complete the form which can be found on the FORMS tab – “Request for an Administrative Review of the Child Support.” Once completed please submit via this website link located at Contact Us.
If you are currently unable to work and under the care of a doctor please have the doctor complete the “Medical Disability Letter” located under the FORMS tab and mail to our address located at Contact Us.
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS – ACH Credit changes now available in CTX format. Please see Payment tab, Employer Payments.
Senate Bill 70 – Important Changes
Please be reminded that major changes in the law are coming to Child Support effective February 11, 2019. All objection periods to administrative notices and recommendations (including modifications and terminations of child support) are going from 30 days or sometimes 7 days to a uniform 14 days from the date the notice or recommendation was issued.
Please keep in mind as you review any mail that comes from our department. As always, if you have any questions, please contact your caseworker at Clermont County CSEA. Senate Bill 70 Fact Sheet
New Child Support Guidelines effective March 28, 2019
After a quarter century without change, an updated version of the Ohio Child Support Guidelines has arrived. House Bill 366 passed out of the Ohio House on June 7, 2018 with a vote of 86 – 0. The new guidelines will be effective March 28, 2019. For more information click the following https://www.clermontsupportskids.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2018/10/NewChildSupportGuidelinesComing2019revised.pdf.
