Last year’s Child Support Enforcement statistics were released Wednesday by the Buchanan County Prosecutors office.

In 2011, the department opened 999 new cases involving child support.

The 17 person unit handles more family law matters than any other civil law firm in Buchanan County.

The unit’s collections on caseloads increased more than $275,000 from 2010 to $13,740,483. The unit filed 670 criminal cases for failure to pay child support last year.

The unit carries a caseload of more than 5,400.

Of the 999 cases opened in 2011, 356 of these were TANF cases, 303 were non-assistance cases and 340 were to establish medical insurance coverage for dependent children.

450 of the cases established paternity with no prior determination.

5,311 wage withholding orders were filed in 2011. 652 people were arrested on warrants while 444 voluntarily came forward to the courts.