Consumer Price Index (CPI)
See the CPI
Table for more information, including the telephone number for a recorded
message with the most recent CPIs. In addition, instructions to find CPI
numbers on the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
website are provided below the CPI
Table. Your local public library may also be able to help you find
the CPI numbers.
Legal Services
The Child Support Enforcement Office (CSEO) in your county can help establish
paternity, get an order for child support, enforce an existing order, collect
payments and more. Child support offices may be able to offer some
assistance in obtaining cost-of-living adjustments in the orders they enforce.
CSEO telephone numbers are often listed in the county government sections of
phone books. On the internet, you can find information about CSEO
services at:
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/children/documents/pub/dhs_id_008807.hcsp
If your child support history is complicated, you may need
to hire a private attorney experienced in family law. You may contact
the following county bar associations for referral to an attorney:
Dakota county: 952-431-3200; Hennepin county: 612-726-6666; Ramsey county and
metro area: 651-224-1775. For referrals in all other Minnesota counties
there is the www.mnfindalawyer.com
website.
If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be able to locate
low-cost legal services through area Legal Aid Societies or legal advice
clinics. However, legal aid programs have income restrictions and limit the
type of cases they accept. For answers to legal questions, contact
information for legal aid offices, links to courthouses and local community
organizations, see the www.lawhelpmn.org
website.
Chrysalis Center for
Women offers legal services through law clinics, legal information sessions, and
referrals to legal agencies, legal programs and private lawyers.
Modification Forms
The court administrator's office may have modification forms
available. If the county is providing child support services, either parent
may request in writing that the child support office review their support
order to see if the requirements for a modification are met. If so, the
county may request a modification in child support in the expedited child
support hearing process.
Notary Public
A bank in your area or the court office may have a Notary Public to help you
sign the Affidavit of Service in this packet. Additional listings for
notaries may be available in the yellow pages of the phone book under
"Notaries Public."