Assigned support

For the parent getting cash benefits
When signing up for cash benefits from aid/benefit programs, you "assign" (sign over) your rights to child support as a condition of receiving the cash benefits. Federal rules control how much child support may be passed through to you when you receive cash benefits. The remainder is assigned (owed) to the state and is used to repay the cash benefits program for the benefits that you received.

Please note: Parents no longer assign past-due support owed to them before they sign up for cash benefits. This change started on October 1, 2009.

Assigned past-due support includes:

1. The past-due child support that built up while you received cash benefits.
2. Birth costs paid by the Medicaid or BadgerCare Plus program.

Except for birth costs, the total assigned past-due support will never be more than the total cash benefits that you have ever received. This is called "unreimbursed assistance."

For the paying parent
Except for birth costs, past-due assigned support you owe is the amount of support due, but not paid during the time your children were receiving cash benefits.