* Offers family court services and provides the following: Child abuse and neglect proceedings initiated by DSS. Child Support proceedings. Paternity proceedings. Juvenile delinquency proceedings initiated by the presentment agent. Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) proceedings. Custody and visitation proceedings. Adoptions. Guardianship proceedings. Family offense proceedings (requests for orders of protection).

* Hears various types of cases, including: Family offense petitions and domestic violence Child custody, guardianship, and visitation petitions Child support and spousal support petitions Paternity petitions Adoptions and child neglect/abuse petitions

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

Presides over all county court cases

* Administers all child support collection activities for public assistance as well as non-public assistance families. Information about Child Support can be found at www.childsupport.ny.gov.

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

Assists custodial parents and their children find an absent parent, establish legal fatherhood for a child, get a support order from court, collect child support payments from an absent parent, and enforce court orders when child support is not paid.

* Provides services that assist parents to obtain support even if the absent parent resides out of state. Services include: Location information services. Establishment of paternity. Support obligations. Collection and enforcement of support orders.

Cases range from felonies, divorces, liability and name changes.

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

Responsible for establishing and enforcing support orders against legally responsible relatives, and on behalf of public assistance applicants/recipients, as well as for non-applicant/recipient individuals who make application for child support services.

Provides assistance in custody, visitation, support, divorce, and kinship. Services for individuals who are self-representing include assistance with petition completion and uncontested divorce clinics.

Provides custodial parents with assistance in obtaining financial support and medical insurance coverage for their children by locating parents, establishing paternity, establishing support orders, and collecting and distributing child support payments.

* Provides custodial parents with assistance in obtaining financial support and medical insurance coverage for their children by locating parents, establishing parentage, establishing or modifying support orders, and collecting and distributing child support payments.

Chenango County Child Support Enforcement Unit provides, Location and Financial Investigations, Paternity Establishment, Child and Medical Support Establishment, Child Support Collection, Child Support Enforcement (Both Administrative and Court Based), Child Support Order Modifications and Cost of Living Adjustments

Offers free legal services for individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in cases regarding access to health care services, HIV/AIDS-based discrimination, housing matters, assistance with denials or termination of benefits, health care proxies, powers of attorney, simple wills, family court matters, and divorce.

Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

Provides custodial parents with assistance in obtaining financial support and medical insurance coverage for their children by locating parents, establishing paternity, establishing support orders, and collecting and distributing child support payments.

Provides assistance in locating absent parents, filing petitions, establishing paternity and child support in Family Court, enforcement and collection of child support orders, issuing checks, legal representation on all public assistance cases and other eligible cases.

* Provides assistance for these types of legal problems: Consumer Problems: Frozen bank accounts. Debt problems. Student loans. Identity theft. Car problems. Utility shutoffs. Other consumer problems. Housing Problems: Evictions. Lockouts. Security deposits. Repair problems. Subsidized housing. Foreclosures. Other housing problems. Divorce and Other Family Matters: Child support. Custody. Child protective matters. Guardianship. Domestic violence. Other Issues: Access to healthcare. Unemployment benefits. Welfare, Medicaid and Food Stamps and other public benefits. Special education and other school issues. Disability discrimination and other disability issues. Elder law.

Provides legal assistance to enforce child support obligations. Offers legal representation, child support assistance, paternity suits.

Has original jurisdiction for all cases involving: abuse/neglect of children; child care; paternity actions; child custody; child support, visitation and orders of protection.

Provides a service, in collaboration with 2 other agencies (My Sisters' Place and Westchester Hispanic Coalition) to offer free legal services for poverty level residents or those who are victims of domestic violence for consumer disputes, housing, education, benefits, domestic violence, orders of protection, custody, child support, family law, including citizenship applications, work authorizations or other immigration issues.

Provides assistance which helps to ensure that parents fulfill their mutual obligation to financially support and provide health care for their children. Included are services for people who want to locate an absent parent; establish paternity; establish a child support order; request that the non-custodial parent provide health insurance for a child in conjunction with a child support order; change the amount of a child support award; dispute a child support award; or enforce payment of child support monies in cases where the supporting parent is delinquent in paying or refuses to pay or make health insurance arrangements altogether. Provides legal assistance for people who want to petition the court to transfer the right to collect wages earned by their ex-spouses to themselves in cases where the ex-spouse is under court order to pay child support and fails to pay as required. Under this arrangement, the amount of the child support check is taken from the delinquent parent's paycheck and sent directly to the parent who has custody of the child.