Your Legal Relationship with the Department of Child Support
Services
 The
goal of the Department of Child Support Services is to establish
and enforce fair and equitable child support orders. The Department
of Child Support Services does not represent either parent
or the child(ren), and its attorneys are not your attorneys.
Though much of the information you provide is confidential,
the information in your case may be discussed or disclosed
to other public agencies, the other parent's employer and
to the other parent or his/her attorney to the extent required
by law.
Parents have the right to seek legal advice from a private
attorney or legal aid group at their own expense any time.
The Family Law Facilitator
The Family Law Facilitator (FLF) is an attorney who works
for the Superior Court. Every county has a Family Law Facilitator,
to provide child support information and assist parents. The
Family Law Facilitator will not be your attorney. He or she
may assist you in completing forms, and can help with child
support, spousal support, health insurance and related matters
in divorce, separation, nullity, paternity cases and domestic
violence cases, whether you are the petitioner
or respondent.
In Santa Barbara County, the Family Law Facilitator is located
in the offices of Family Court Services, at the following
addresses:
| Santa Barbara |
Santa Maria |
1100 Anacapa Street (1st Floor)
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
PH: (805) 568-3133 |
201 South Miller Street, Suite 208
Santa Maria, CA 93454
PH: (805) 346-1476 |
For more information on the Family Law Facilitator, click
here.
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