ChildSupportDefense.com | Documents & Case Management

Emergency Help & Pricing

Bench warrant? Suspended license? Garnished wages? Select every issue affecting your case. You do not need to choose legal filings.

See prices before creating an account or uploading documents. Buy emergency assistance independently, request a complete package, or choose a $95 self-preparation roadmap. Emergency Defense Packages are $95 per distinct issue, independently or with any $995 comprehensive package.

Package 1 — Beginning of the Case

$995

Designed for defendants who have recently received a child-support complaint and want to begin preparing their defense.

Package 2 — Middle of the Case

$995

Designed for defendants whose child-support proceedings are already underway and who want to evaluate available procedural options and prepare their defense.

Package 3 — Post-Judgment Case Review & Challenge

$995

For parents with paid-in-full closed cases or payments and outstanding judgments, disputed arrears, enforcement or accounting discrepancies. Review potential challenges to the original proceedings and legally available financial recovery. Reopening, vacatur and recovery are not guaranteed.

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Comprehensive packages may include, when procedurally available:

Notices
Dispositive motions
Discovery
Certificates of service
Proposed orders
Detailed filing, service, and recordkeeping instructions

Documents are selected and prepared according to the customer’s jurisdiction, case status, and applicable procedural requirements. Package 3 includes post-judgment eligibility and financial recovery assessments; a motion and discovery are included only when supported by applicable procedure. Accounting correction does not necessarily permit recovery of previously paid support.

A comprehensive, issue-specific document package designed to request legally available relief concerning the selected enforcement action. May include applicable notices, motions, certificates of service, proposed orders, and detailed filing, service, and recordkeeping instructions. Standalone emergency packages exclude discovery.

Select each distinct issue once, regardless of how many documents concern it. Identify related notices during intake so the assessment can confirm the correct charge.

Choose how much help you wantEmergency assistance only — no package requiredComprehensive package — $995Prepare my own documents — $95 roadmap$95 will be credited towards your balance in the event you decide to purchase one of our packages in the future.

Active Bench Warrant — $95Issue-specific documents addressing an active child-support-related bench warrant.Contempt Hearing — $95Issue-specific documents addressing a child-support-related contempt hearing.Driver's License — $95Documents addressing a suspended or restricted driver’s license.Wage Garnishment / IWO — $95Documents addressing wage garnishment or an income withholding order.Bank Account Levy / Frozen Accounts — $95Documents addressing a bank levy or frozen account.Professional / Trade License — $95Documents addressing a professional or trade license restriction.Passport — $95Documents addressing a passport denial or restriction.Tax Refund Intercept / Offset — $95Assessment and jurisdiction-specific documents to challenge federal or state tax refund offsets for alleged child-support arrears when appropriate. Return of a refund is not guaranteed.Commercial Driver's License (CDL) — $95Documents addressing a commercial driver’s license restriction.

Where are you in your case?This describes your case stage and does not select or add a package. We assess a package only when you request one.Next hearing or enforcement deadline (if known)Include the time and any additional deadlines with your uploaded notices.

Optional serviceDigital Filing Assistance — $95Eligibility and scope confirmed before payment. Selecting this option requests the $95 service; it does not authorize a filing or add a charge yet.

Available only when the receiving court or agency accepts electronic submission and a permitted electronic signature, with no notarization, oath, ink signature or original paper required. We do not offer printing, physical mailing, notary coordination or process service.

You review, sign and approve the final documents. We confirm the permitted filing arrangement and whether electronic service on other parties is included before you approve the $95 service. Court fees are separate. If your documents are ineligible, you can still purchase document preparation and receive instructions to submit them yourself.

Your price estimate

Selected emergency documents: $0

No package selected or required.

Estimated total: $0

Optional Digital Filing Assistance costs $95 after eligibility review and approval; it is paid separately and is not included in this document estimate. The final assessment and itemized document price are shown before payment.

Purchases are final and non-refundable, except where required by applicable law. Review your assessment and scope before paying. Refund policy · FAQs · Preview materials

Upload the urgent records first

Tax-intercept/offset notice, support order, payment history and arrears statement; warrant or contempt notice; license suspension notice; withholding order and recent pay statement; hearing notices and current support order. Then add the rest of your case. Missing a document? Upload what you have and identify what is missing.

What happens next?

We review your records and deadlines, confirm the purchased services and any requested package, and show an itemized assessment. Roadmaps are reviewed before payment is requested. Submission collects no payment. Prepared files remain locked until payment is confirmed.

A same-day review or filing time is not guaranteed. If arrest or a court deadline is imminent, seek immediate assistance from a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.

Document preparation and submission do not cancel a warrant, restore a license, stop withholding, return an intercepted tax refund, or extend a deadline. Relief depends on the responsible court or agency. We provide self-help document preparation, not legal representation.

Select at least one emergency issue to continue, or choose a roadmap or package.

Your Case Intake

Step 1: Jurisdiction & Court Captions

Step 1 of 4

Upload Your Case Documents

Upload any documents related to your case. We’ll extract the information and automatically fill in as many fields as possible.

Start by uploading your court documents

Upload a summons, complaint, order or worksheet. Review the details we find, then fill the empty fields below. Add another document as needed.

Files are sent to our document-processing provider to read the text. On the intake page, originals are saved privately when you submit for assessment. Keep your originals and keep this page open until submission completes.

Or drop one file here · PDF, PNG, JPG · Up to 4 MB. DOC/DOCX originals can be submitted, but Word scanning is temporarily unavailable.

Examples of Documents to Upload

✓ Court orders (current and past)
✓ Complaint / Petition / Motion
✓ Child support payment history
✓ Income documentation
✓ Court or agency correspondence
✓ Paternity documents (if applicable)
✓ Discovery documents
✓ Any other documents related to your case

What Happens Next?

1. We read your documents.
2. We extract key information.
3. We automatically pre-fill the fields below.
4. You review and make any corrections before continuing.

Your information below will be filled in from your uploaded documents. Please review and make any necessary corrections before continuing.

Case Participants

Verify the information below. Fields may be pre-filled from your uploaded documents.

State Jurisdiction (50 States & DC)

Docket / Case Number *

County / Judicial District

Full Court Name

Your Full Legal Name (Defendant Pro Se) *

Your Email Address *

Your Phone Number (Defendant)

Your Mailing Address (For Certificate of Service)Street on the first line; apartment or unit on the optional second line; city, state and ZIP Code on the last line.

Defendant (You)

Your contact information is entered above and used for your case documents and service information.

Plaintiff (Support Agency / State Attorney)

We will identify the government plaintiff from your uploaded case documents when possible. Review or correct the extracted information below.

Plaintiff / agency name

Agency attorney

Agency mailing addressStreet on the first line; apartment or unit on the optional second line; city, state and ZIP Code on the last line.

Witness (Custodial Parent)

Review the witness information extracted from your documents. Leave unknown details blank.

Custodial parent name

Custodial parent mailing addressStreet on the first line; apartment or unit on the optional second line; city, state and ZIP Code on the last line.

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