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Is child support public assistance

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 11/8/2022

No. Public assistance is paid from public funds. Child support is paid by individual obligors.

Wiki User

∙ 14y ago

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Can your ex get family assistance and not collect child support?

Public assistance recipients assign their rights to child support to the State which, presumably, will attempt to establish/collect support.

Can you drop back child support in Louisiana if you are on state assistance?

No. SS benefits and public assistance funds are still subject to child support enforcement.

How can you get child support the county is holding?

Sometimes states hold child support if you are on public assistance, as a way to pay back the public assistance. Check the reason why they county is holding the cs first.

How is child support determined if you support your kids with no government assistance but the mother gets government assistance?

In general, child support is a percentage of the obligor's net income. Whether or not the other parent/child receives public assistance is not relevant to this calculation. If the amount of support received is less than the public assistance grant, the State will retain the child support as reimbursement. If support exceeds the grant, the grant will be discontinued and the support will be forwarded to the other parent.

Is it true that if you are on public assistance you dont have to pay child support?

In effect, yes. Child support cannot be garnished from public assistance payments (including SSI), and if you're poor enough to be eligible for public assistance, you probably don't have any other income/assets worth noting.

Can the state pay child support if the father will not?

The state does not pay child support. However if you require public assistance the state will automatically go after child support, and even if you do not require public assistance you can file for help with the Office of Child Support and often their services are free. The father may not pay voluntarily but a court action will require him to.

Does receiving welfare make you exempt from paying child support?

Hopefully not... It doesn't exempt you from being a parent. Recipients of SSI cannot be ordered to pay child support. In general, State courts will not order public assistance recipients to pay child support. Child support obligations cannot be garnished from SSI or public assistance payments.

Can you attach disability for child support?

Virtually any income or asset can be attached to collect child support, except for public assistance/SSI.

Who is exempt from paying child support?

Almost no income/assets are exempt from child support. One exception is public assistance payments (including SSI).

What pay can be used for child support?

Virtually all income (except for SSI and public assistance) is used to determine one's child support obligation.

Do you have to pay child support if you file a 1099?

Child support is based on all income received, including unearned income (but not public assistance/SSI).

Is nontaxable military benefits included in child support payments?

In calculating child support, all income is considered (except for public assistance or SSI).

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