Child & Spousal Support

How the Maine courts determine child support amounts.

The standard Maine child support worksheet, FM-040-S

The form used by the court to set a hearing on a Motion for Contempt.

The Maine court form for filing a Motion for Contempt of a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities order

This is not a form, but an informational sheet about what to do with the forms for a Motion for Contempt of a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment

The Maine court form to file a Motion to Enforce a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment

This is not a form, but an informational sheet about what to do with the forms for a Motion to Enforce a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment

The Maine court form to file a case to modify a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment (including child support)

This is not a form, but an informational sheet about what to do with the forms for a Motion to Modify a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities judgment

This is Maine court form for ordering the payment of child support

This is not a form - it is the Maine child support table, which is used for calculating child support obligations.

The Maine court form for use when parents provide "substantially equal care" for children.

The Maine court form for a case to determine the parentage of a child, to establish parental rights and responsibilities and/or child support

This is not a court form, but an information sheet about the Case Management Conference in Maine family law cases

Maine court form FM-050 Child Support Affidavit

This information is to help you if you need to change a Department of Health Human Services (DHHS) Child Support Order.

This page explains how child support collection works in Maine. The law and the process are different in every state.

This page explains how child support collection works in Maine. The law and the process differ from state to state. Maine has several tools to collect both current and overdue child support. These…

Introduction  This information is for possible parents who are being pursued by DHHS for payment of child support. We also have pages on these related topics: 

This information is to help you if you need to change a Department of Health Human Services (DHHS) Child Support Order.

This page links to all of our divorce and parental rights form kits. We have put together several forms kits - they have all the forms you will need for certain kinds of divorce or parental rights…

Whenever you get TANF, you give the State of Maine a temporary claim to your child support. The State keeps some of the child support it collects, and sends some of it to you. This worksheet will…

Introduction DHHS can collect child support for you. They can also help set up child support orders.

Federal and State Law Federal and state law allow money from military retirement pay to be withheld to meet most child support and spousal support (alimony) obligations.

What is this information and how will it help me? This information is for parents who are being pursued by Maine DHHS for payment of child support, especially when there is no order of ch

Maine courts are now using this form, in lieu of the old FM-133 Immediate Withholding Order, as required by the federal government.