Getting child support if you got W-2 cash benefits in the past

You will still get all the current support paid as long as you are not now receiving cash benefits.

If you received W-2 cash benefits in the past, you will get about 42% of the "assigned past-due support" that is paid.

Example:

Past-due support owed to you:

• All the support owed, but not paid, before you received cash benefits.
• All the support owed, but not paid after you stopped receiving cash benefits
• About 42% of the assigned past-due support (support owed, but not paid, while you received cash benefits)

Past-due support that will be used to pay for the cash benefits you received:

• Part of the assigned past-due support (amount left after the 42% that is paid to you)
• Past-due support owed for AFDC cash benefits you received

Past-due support is paid out in this order:

1. Past-due support owed to you
2. Assigned past-due support. These support payments are split - you will receive about 42% of these payments. The state will keep part to pay back the federal government for the cash benefits you received. (See the chart above.)

The only exception is intercepted federal tax refunds. By law, the federal tax intercept must first pay any assigned past-due support. You will get part of the federal tax intercept as shown in the chart above. (State tax intercept first pays any current support due for the month.)

How will I know how much support or past-due child support was paid?
For each month that a payment is made on assigned past-due support, a Child Support Notice of Collection will be mailed to you the next month.

You can also check your payments on the Child Support Online Services website. Payment information is updated every night except Sunday. You will see:

• The amount of assigned past-due support paid to you
• The amount of assigned past-due support used to pay for your cash benefits

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