[header] How to enforce a child support order [title] Contact the non-custodial parent. [step] If the parent has stopped paying child support, you should first try to determine why. Not every stoppage in child support payments is a willful attempt to deprive a child of funds. 
Instead, the other parent may have lost a job, been demoted, or suffered an unexpected medical emergency. [substeps] You may not be on good terms with the other parent.