The Court Trustee office is authorized by law to handle matters related to child support and maintenance support orders issued in Douglas County, Kansas. The office also has a contract with the Office of Judicial Administration to collect court debt.

The office can help with the following matters:

• Enforcement of child and maintenance support orders
• Modification of child support orders
• Notice to the parties of modification due to emancipation
• Monitoring and review of child support orders for possibility of modification
• Location of residence and employment of parent owing support
• Establishment of child support orders where paternity  has previously been established by court order or in cases where no order for support was entered in the final divorce decree
• Assign mediators with Douglas County Domestic Mediation Services
• The collection of Court ordered debts in criminal cases and traffic cases that have been referred to the office.

Customer Service is our specialty.  The Court Trustee is a local office where you receive personal attention. An attorney and paralegal are assigned to your case. You can call and speak with them directly when you have a question. You do not have to go through a call center. You can drop in at the Court Trustee's office at your convenience without an appointment and speak with staff.    

Because we are a local office dedicated to serving the citizens of Douglas County, staff will respond timely to changes in your lives and your child’s life. Support enforcement and modification matters are heard by a Pro Tem Judge in the Juvenile Division which was established to provide an expedited process.