Welcome to the Shelby County Circuit Clerk's Office

Alabama Central Disbursement Division		Department of Human Resources
ACDD P.O. Box 4960 Montgomery, AL 36103-4960 Phone: 1-877-774-9513 Voice Response: 1-888-726-9799 Fax: (334) 954-5181 Email: child.support@childsupport.state.al.us		DHR P.O. Box 1096 Columbiana, AL 35051 Phone: (205) 669-3000

Child Support Court is, on an average, scheduled on 2 Thursdays of each month. These dates differ each month.

Once a case is filed, it takes an average of two weeks to be processed. It is given a case number, assigned a court date and issued for service on the defendant. The defendant must be served the paperwork before the case can proceed. Both parties will need to bring documents and be prepared to give testimony to back up your side of the case.

If you are being represented by the Department of Human Resources, you will need to stay in contact with your case worker regarding your case. All notices regarding your case will be mailed to your case worker. If you are represented by a private attorney, you will need to stay in contact with him/her regarding your case. At this time our office staff is severely understaffed. Our staff has been cut from 22 to 14 employees. Time that should be spent on processing your paperwork is spent on phone calls that should be directed to a case worker or an attorney. By law, we cannot give legal advice. If you need an attorney, you can contact one of the organizations listed.

To change your address for child support payments, you must complete and mail a Change of Address form ( Change of Address and/or Name). We do not accept this information by phone.

To notify the court of a change of employment, please complete and return to the Clerk's Office a Change of Employment form( A Notice of Change in Defendant's Employment and Request for Service). Please include a physical address of the employer. If the employer is out of state or all you have is a P.O. Box, you will need to prepare certified mail receipts and send a check or money order (made payable to the U.S. Postmaster) for $10.86 for certified mail fees.

If all children in the court order have reached the age of majority (19), you can terminate the Income Withholding Order for Child Support, if no arrearage is owed. Complete and return to the Clerk's Office a Motion to Terminate the Income Withholding Order ( Affidavit for Termination of Withholding Order for Support). The filing fee for the affidavit is $28.00 payable by cash , cashier's check or money order payable to Mary Harris, Clerk. Once the Judge has signed the order to terminate, the employer will be notified to stop deductions.

Required Child Support Forms

Services court staff can and cannot provide

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