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Interest is charged on past-due support when the support was ordered by a North Dakota court. The 2025 interest rate is 11.00%. Interest is charged on the past-due principal balance (simple interest).

The child support guidelines (N.D Admin. Code ch. 75-02-04.1) are amended effective July 1, 2023. The amended guidelines result from the quadrennial review that commenced in the summer of 2022. More information about the amended guidelines, including a fact sheet summarizing the changes, can be found on this site.

The next quadrennial review will commence in the summer of 2026.

Following quadrennial review of the child support guidelines, Child Support is proposing several amendments. A public hearing on the proposed amendments will be held on March 1, 2023. The deadline for submitting written comments is 5:00 p.m. on March 13, 2023.

Parenting During a Pandemic is one of many tools available for parents from Parents Lead. The toolkit was created by the Behavioral Health Division of the Department of Human Services.

Starting May 28, 2019, child support staff will be available by appointment only, no walk-ins.

Child Support services continue to be available with staff working remotely.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, a new state law takes effect that aims to prevent the accumulation of large amounts of past-due child support owed by incarcerated parents. The 2017 North Dakota Legislature passed Senate Bill 2277, which terminates monthly child support obligations of parents who were previously ordered to pay child support under North Dakota court orders and then sentenced to incarceration for 180 days or longe

"Parents in our state do a good job of supporting their children; a payment rate of current support of 75.3% is far above the national average and is likely the second highest rate among all states." ~ Jim Fleming, Child Support Director

ND awarded grant to improve child support case management and collections over state lines and tribal borders

State partnering with Three Affiliated Tribes in effort to improve case management and increase collections

Partnerships with other jurisdictions are vital in child support. "Borders shouldn't be barriers when it comes to supporting children and families," said Jim Fleming, the state's child support director.