If the amount of past-due support is at least equal to the tax refund, yes.
Child support is to provide for children not living with you, it would be assumed if you are living with your child that you are supporting them - take it up with your local child support board.
No, the state will take it for back child support. If you are not behind in your support payments, you might get the refund.
Generally, children living with the obligor are not considered when calculating child support for children not living with the obligor.
Yes, you would however have to discuss this with your financial adviser. You may be eligible for a tax refund but if your case has been reported to Child Support Enforcement in your state your tax refund may be confiscated to pay toward your arrears. It will go toward the support of your children.
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.
In general, emancipated children are not eligible for child support - they are considered adults.
No. In general, child support is a percentage of net income.
Yes. The child support division may divert the entire amount of a tax refund to pay towards any back child support. The IRS doesn't care about other children or other obligations. The only way to prevent this is file for a modification of the support order in court and provide compelling reasons why the entire tax refund check should not be diverted to pay down child support arrears. This will continue until all amount in arrears is satisfied and after that time, it is your responsibility to ask that the state that intercepted your tax returns do a tax offset review. Be prepared to provide all documents that show you have paid and are current, then they may dismiss the lien against you. You may be entitled to a refund from that state if your tax refund continues to be diverted after the arrears has been satisfied.
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No. Child support stops when the court order mandating it says it does. Even if both children are living with the parent paying child support, child support doesn't automatically stop. A change in the living situation of the parents and children like this would definitely be grounds to go back to court and have the order modified.
State child support agencies may intercept tax refunds to collect past-due child support.
The State child support agency can intercept your tax refund, yes.