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The amount will depend on how much child support you owe and how much refund you are getting. They can keep the entire refund if necessary.
Keep current on your child support payments and make sure the courts are recording payments correctly.
Yes. If you are in arrears in child support (if you owe more than your current monthly payment) the IRS can and usually will take/keep your Federal tax return for payment. Instead of getting a refund check in the mail you will receive a statement/receipt of the amount the IRS applied to your child support debt. If you owe more child support than your refund check is worth the IRS will keep all of it. If you owe less than the value of your refund check, the IRS will send you the difference. You will not, however, received confirmation from the Attorney General that they received the payment from the IRS. You will need to obtain a payment history from the Attorney General to confirm the money was applied. You can call Jackson Hewitt or H&R Block if you have further questions.
No, but keep in mind that any arrears can affect a credit rating, joint assets can be attached, and tax refund taken. see links
If they missed intercepting the tax refund it it's likely you are out of luck. You will need to keep pursuing the delinquent parent. Perhaps they can be put in jail.If they missed intercepting the tax refund it it's likely you are out of luck. You will need to keep pursuing the delinquent parent. Perhaps they can be put in jail.If they missed intercepting the tax refund it it's likely you are out of luck. You will need to keep pursuing the delinquent parent. Perhaps they can be put in jail.If they missed intercepting the tax refund it it's likely you are out of luck. You will need to keep pursuing the delinquent parent. Perhaps they can be put in jail.
You can, but eventually the court will question what you are doing.
Under agreements with most States, they can send (they don't keep), refunds to pay off certain obligations...state taxes, child support are the main ones.
No, you cannot refuse visitations. Visitations and child support are separate issues. You need to go through the court system to enforce the child support order. The court can issues orders to garnish wages, grab a tax refund, suspend a driver's license and incarcerate a deadbeat parent. However, you cannot violate a visitation order or you will be in contempt of court.
Keep the claim active with child support enforcement
No. Only the IRS can keep your federal income tax refund, and only for unpaid child support or alimony, unpaid federal or state taxes, student loans in default, and any unpaid federal or government debt.
Catch up on your child support payments.
Contact Child Support Enforcement every 24 months.