Stimulus Check Status And Child Support

With the first stimulus check if you owed child support payments by as much as 150 the government gave states the right to garnish the amount you needed to pay.

Stimulus check status and child support. The 900 billion stimulus bill from late december changed some of the rules for the second stimulus check including for people who owe and receive child support unlike in the first round of. The covid related tax relief act of 2020 that was signed on december 27 2020 that is an extension of the cares act does not require the second stimulus payment to be intercepted to pay child support arrears. The total stimulus payment may be intercepted when the child support amount owed is greater than the stimulus payment.

Sarah tew cnet over 50 of americans in a recent survey by bankrate have said the. 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. The irs has begun direct depositing stimulus payments due to the covid 19 pandemic.

This is different from the cares act which specified that if you owed back child support your stimulus. America s third stimulus check would change even more rules this time from the maximum payment to who qualifies. Child support can t be garnished from your check to cover overdue payments anymore if you owed child support your first stimulus money could be taken for arrears the amount you owe.

For example if you owed 2 000. The rules for the second stimulus check changed with the 900 billion stimulus bill from december including for people who owe and receive child support. However people who owe child support may have questions about whether they will still get the checks.

In the first stimulus payments in april 2020 which directed 1 200 to eligible adults as well as 500 per child it typically took two weeks to several months for payments to reach people.