---
updatedAt: 2026-01-17T20:55:12.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.checkhq.com/llms.txt
---

# Get child support payments report

Generates a list of child support payment deductions for a company within a given date range, including transaction details and trace numbers.

### Response Columns/Fields

| Column                   | Description                                                    |
| :----------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Employee ID              | The public ID of the employee with the child support deduction |
| First Name               | Employee's first name                                          |
| Last Name                | Employee's last name                                           |
| Payroll ID               | The public ID of the payroll containing this payment           |
| Payroll Item ID          | The public ID of the specific payroll item                     |
| Payment Amount           | The amount of the child support payment                        |
| Expected Completion Date | The expected date the payment transaction will complete        |
| Agency                   | The child support agency receiving the payment (if specified)  |
| Trace Number             | The ACH trace number for tracking the payment (if available)   |
| Status                   | The current status of the post-tax deduction payment           |

### Notes

* Only includes payments from approved payrolls (`pending`, `processing`, `paid`, or `partially_paid` status)
* Draft and failed payrolls are excluded

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "check-api",
    "version": "2025-01-01"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://sandbox.checkhq.com"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
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        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "Authorization",
        "x-bearer-format": "bearer",
        "x-default": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/companies/{company}/reports/child_support_payments": {
      "get": {
        "description": "",
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "",
            "content": {
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                  "type": "object",
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                    "name": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "name"
                  ]
                },
                "examples": {
                  "OK - text/csv": {
                    "summary": "OK - text/csv",
                    "value": "Employee ID,First Name,Last Name,Payroll ID,Payroll Item ID,Payment Amount,Expected Completion Date,Agency,Trace Number,Status\nemp_abc123,Tony,Stark,pay_abc123,itm_abc123,294.23,2024-11-19,OH,021000027897035,paid"
                  }
                }
              },
              "application/json": {
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                    },
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                    "results": {
                      "type": "array",
                      "items": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "employee_id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "emp_abc123"
                          },
                          "first_name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "Tony"
                          },
                          "last_name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "Stark"
                          },
                          "payroll_id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "pay_abc123"
                          },
                          "payroll_item_id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "itm_abc123"
                          },
                          "payment_amount": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "294.23"
                          },
                          "expected_completion_date": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "2024-11-19"
                          },
                          "agency": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "OH"
                          },
                          "trace_number": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "021000027897035"
                          },
                          "status": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "paid"
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
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                          "employee_id": "emp_abc123",
                          "first_name": "Tony",
                          "last_name": "Stark",
                          "payroll_id": "pay_abc123",
                          "payroll_item_id": "itm_abc123",
                          "payment_amount": "294.23",
                          "expected_completion_date": "2024-11-19",
                          "agency": "OH",
                          "trace_number": "021000027897035",
                          "status": "paid"
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "parameters": [
          {
            "in": "query",
            "name": "start",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Filter payments from payrolls with a payday on or after this date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD"
          },
          {
            "in": "query",
            "name": "end",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Filter payments from payrolls with a payday on or before this date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD"
          },
          {
            "in": "header",
            "name": "Accept",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Either `application/json` or `text/csv`"
          },
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "company",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "required": true,
            "description": "ID of the company to the report for."
          }
        ],
        "operationId": "get_companies-company-reports-child-support-payments"
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
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    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```