Child Support Taking Stimulus Check
600 for each dependent child.
Child support taking stimulus check. For coparents who owe child support it may not be that. Second stimulus checks and child support. In the first stimulus bill some parents received duplicate payments for the same dependent child.
Aside from the smaller stimulus checks for adults the other major change under the bill passed by congress is the amount provided for dependent children. But it s not supposed to take stimulus payments from your current spouse. The first set of direct payments from the covid 19 economic relief plan last spring allowed for garnishment of stimulus checks to pay back child support.
The irs has begun direct depositing stimulus payments due to the covid 19 pandemic. Parents who received a stimulus check were given 500 for each child in addition to 1 200 for possible lost wages due to the coronavirus. This will not be the case for the second.
One thing that s been clear. As it currently stands the heals act may allow the irs to withhold some or all of your second stimulus check if you owe child support. Some parents can double dip for an extra 600.