Child Support & Alimony
The Child Support division of the Clerk’s Office provides Child Support/Alimony services as a joint effort with the Florida Department of Revenue, State Disbursement Unit (FLSDU). Effective 10/1/99, there was a change in Florida’s Child Support Enforcement laws as a result of both Federal and State mandates for the receipt and disbursement of court ordered child support payments. Federal law requires these payments to go through a single central depository for each state. Our office only maintains the child support/alimony court files and monitors compliance with court ordered child support/alimony payments for Wakulla County. All child support payments and court ordered alimony payments for Wakulla County, Florida are to be sent to the Florida State Disbursement Unit (FLSDU). The FLSDU will receive your payment and post it to the appropriate account for disbursement.
For information on payments, enforcement and related inquiries, please call the FLSDU at 850-488-KIDS (5437) or 877-769-0251. Checks and money orders may be mailed to:
Florida State Disbursement Unit
P.O. Box 8500
Tallahassee, Fl. 32314
To pay online, click on the link below:
Pay Child Support Online
In order for the FLSDU to post and process your payment you will need the proper identifying information when making the payment. Proper Identifying Information means:
- Full name of person obligated to make the payment
- Social Security Number of the Obligor
- County Name where your case is recorded (Wakulla County # 65)
- Child Support/Alimony Case Number
- Full name of the person to receive the payment
Yes. It is very important you include the proper identifying information mentioned above on the front of your check or money order; without this information child support payments cannot be processed! Payments are to be mailed to:
Florida State Disbursement Unit
P.O. Box 8500
Tallahassee, FL 32314-8500
Yes. Payers (those who owe child support/alimony) will receive payment coupons from the FLSDU to mail in with your payment if you keep the Clerk’s Office informed of your current address. If your child support/alimony is being paid through an income deduction order, your employer will be notified to send the payments to the FLSDU, but feel free to share this notice and information with them.
Payees (those who receive child support/alimony) must keep the Clerk’s Office informed of your current mailing address as child support/alimony checks are not forwarded. You should also contact the Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement at 1-850-488-KIDS (5437) and notify them of your change of address if your case is handled through that state agency.