Re: DHS Steals Child Support
How long had you been in arrears?
How much of that amount was interest?
What exactly are you wanting to accomplish?
Re: DHS Steals Child Support
If you collect public assistance and receive child support, the state will recoup part or all of the public assistance it pays from the child support. If you're describing payments toward an arrearage accrued during a time that the parent who was to receive child support was receiving public assistance, the state will attempt to recoup its money from payments toward the arrearage.
Re: DHS Steals Child Support
Thank you for the replies, I'll try to find the exact amount owed, but I'm sure it wasn't anywhere near what was taken.
As I stated in my post, I feel that more than what was owed was taken and I'm trying to find a way to collect at least the difference. I've read that the state doesn't tend to give money back to you once they get a hold of it even when you prove they aren't supposed to have it but thats something I can't accept....
When the money was taken there was no statement about it going toward a debt, it more or less just said that they took it [paraphrasing of course].
Thanks again for the replies.
Re: DHS Steals Child Support
Please answer the questions :)
You obviously know that the money was taken because of a child support debt - so unless we know more details, there's really not much else we can do here.