If you have had an administrative review and disagree with the decision made by the OCSE regarding your child support payments, you may request an administrative hearing. Administrative hearings provide an efficient way of ensuring that persons affected by agency decisions have access to due process of law. The Office of Administrative Hearings provides fair, courteous and timely adjudicative services.
Administrative adjudications are legal proceedings similar to non-jury trials in a court of law.
They are presided over by an impartial hearing officer who has training and experience in legal matters. To request an administrative hearing, you must submit a written request to your assigned investigator. The investigator will then file the appropriate documents with Administrative Hearings, who will in turn notify you of a scheduled hearing date. After Administrative Hearings has held the hearing and entered a decision, you may appeal the decision to Circuit Court if you do not agree.