The IRS is treating the stimulus checks as if they were tax refunds. On their website, the IRS indicates that the amount of the stimulus check will be reduced or seized if :
You are single and your net income tax liability is less than $600. If you file Form 1040 net income tax liability is […]
Federal law allows states to collect income tax refund checks from parents who are behind in their child support.’If you and your spouse filed a joint federal tax return, and all or part of refund was intercepted to pay for your spouse’s past-due child support, you may be an injured spouse and may be eligible […]
In this day and age in which parties obtain an order regarding child support in one state and then move to another jurisdiction, it is important to know that the original support order cannot be modified or even extended by a court in the second state, so said the New York Court of Appeals […]
One question that I am frequently asked is whether or not an ex-husband or ex-wife can ‘garnish’ a new spouse’s wages or assets for back child support.’ The answer is NO!’ If the obligor parent remarries, his/her new spouse is not liable for current or back child support payments.’ In fact, the courts cannot consider […]
Section 51.70 (a) (8) of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations states, in part, that if you are certified to Passport Services by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be in arrears of child support payments in excess of $2,500, you are ineligible to receive a U.S. passport […]
