They actively promote the child support program by staffing a booth at the annual Harford County Farm Fair and providing child support information during their open house. The Pro Se Forms Assistance Project is a program designed to enable persons to file their own domestic cases without an attorney. Cases include divorce, custody, visitation or modification of visitation, child support modification increase and decreases, contempt for failure to provide visitation. Forms for filing a case, as well as forms to use to file an answer, are available from the Pro Se Forms Assistance office on the 2nd floor of the Circuit Court. Appointments are preferred and the waiting time for an appointment is usually one week.
Assistance is also available by phone.
The program has a contractual attorney, Mrs. Lynn Reppar who offers consultations with persons with specific legal questions. This attorney will only answer questions and will not represent anyone. The Pro Se Project is designed for uncontested family law cases. You may still want to talk with a private attorney. All new applicants for child support services and all TCA applicants are provided with an orientation class.