Payments of Tx Child Support

This article explains everything about Child Support of Texas payments step by step. follow the recommended guidelines.

The Child Support Disbursement Unit is in charge of distributing child support payments

All child support payments in Texas must go via the Texas State Disbursement Unit, generally known as the SDU, according to Child Support Texas Laws. The Texas State Disbursement Unit (SDU) may be beneficial to both parents, whether you are the parent receiving child support or the one paying child support.

Child support is enforced by Texas law, and in the vast majority of situations, the non-custodial parent is the one who pays it. In Texas, ‘non-custodial’ typically refers to a parent who does not reside with the kid. The Texas State Disbursement Unit actively participates in ‘wage withholding,’ which means the SDU collects child support directly from the employer of the non-custodial parent.

El Texas State Disbursement Unit recibe el dinero de la cuenta “at source” para luego realizar el pago al padre con custodia. The SDU has the record of all transactions between the parties, this on the one hand is good as transactions can be tracked even if the non-custodial parent is self-employed.

The SDU (State Disbursement Unit) provides a variety of options for paying child support, including:

1. Make a payment via mail
2. Child support in Texas may be paid in person, online, or over the phone.
3. You may pay with cash, a credit card, or a bank draft.

Texas Child Support Payments Online

There are 2 ways to pay Tx child support online:

1. Your bank account might be debited. This is a free service for citizens of Texas.
2. You may make a credit card payment. This service has a charge attached to it.

Texas Child Support Payments by Credit Card

If we are going to make the payment with the credit card we must take into account that they can be made through the Smart e-Pay platform that takes up to 7 working days to reflect the payment or through the MoneyGram platform that takes up to 3 working days to reflect the payment.

We also have to keep in mind the fees for the service of each platform, the Smart e-Pay is 2.55% of the value while in MoneyGram it depends on the following ranges:

How to pay child support with card on Smart e-Pay?

To make an online payment using Smart e-Pay, you must submit the following personal information:

1. Name (first and last)
2. Number of the Social Security Administration
3. Postal Code and adress (first-time registration only)
4. Case number (ten digits) and/or cause number (ten digits)
5. Email address that is valid

Then follow the steps below and continue with the link to the end: https://tx.smartchildsupport.com/main.aspx

How to pay child support with card on MoneyGram?

You’ll need the Child Support Division’s 10-digit case number and cause number to make a MoneyGram payment. (The identifying number in your CSD paperwork and the court judgment that determined your child support amount is your cause number.)

Use the 14681 Receive Code.

Then follow the steps below, fill in your card information and continue with the link to the end: https://www.moneygram.com/mgo/us/en/

Payments Child Support by Bank Autodraft

There are two options when setting up an automatic draft and there is no additional charge:

1. Single automatic draft: this type of draft will need to be initiated each time you wish to make a payment.
2. Continuous automatic draft: this type of draft will continue until the end of the payment schedule.

Then fill in the requested bank information, follow the steps and continue with the link to the end: https://tx.smartchildsupport.com/main.aspx