Can a person use Disability payments to pay child support. Can they take it to the Child support office?

[G]

My friend is receiving disability payments. He wants to pay his child support by taking cash money to the Child Support Office. Can he do this?

[Quizzard]

Probably. Nobody cares what the source of the income is.

[calisurfergirl43]

money is money I am sure they don't care where it came from. I highly suggest he gets money orders and then takes them to the child support office and make someone give him a receipt that they received it for whomever it was intended for..

[Rose D]

I think that depends on the state you live in Each state has different laws... More than likely yes..

[fluco99]

First off is there a court order for child support and is it being enforced by child support enforcement? If the answer is yes then make sure that they are not already witholding money from his disablity checks he may not realise that they are already doing it and those payments are the easiest for them to withold from. And if they are not then most states take payments in person but alot of them will not accept cash but will accept money orders. make sure to get a reciept of payment. good luck


additional info being on SSI does not mean that you no longer have a child to support. Yes if you are recieving SSI and only SSI you can request the order be ended but that hardly ever deals with any back support you may owe. Now on SSA if you inform the state that you are on SSA which in alot of cases they will find out before you can inform you which is why I would find out if they are already garnishing your disablitiy payments. They can only take a maxiumum amonount on a slidig scale like if you get 650 amonth they can only take about 50. Good luck

[Mark Trinidad]

Yes, some disability benefits can be taken to pay child support. But this only applies to Social Security disability insurance benefits (SSDI). (SSDI is the disability benefit for which you have to pay Social Security taxes for years to be eligible for.)

SSI recipients cannot have their monthly SSI disability benefits seized, or any past due SSI benefits (backpay) seized to pay child support arrears. SSI stands for SUpplemental Security Income, a needs-based progra for low-income and low-resource disabled people.

The reasoning applied by the federal government is this: since SSI is essentially a public welfare benefit and does not derive not from a claimant's earnings record, SSI benefits cannot be taken for other purposes, just as food stamps and AFDC funds, likewise, cannot be seized. However, SSDI can be seized because it arises from an individual's earnng record, more like regular income. (It actually is an insurance benefit paid for from payroll tax deductions (or self-employmet tax deductions) from an individual's income.)

[narrowflock625]

If he is on SSI, he can go to the child support office to make an official request to have the child support stopped all together. If he is on SSDI, than he make an official request to modify the order for the money the mother is getting from the SSDI child benefit check to be classified as child support. They are required to help him under federal law.

6. Modifications of Child Support
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjOJi3aQE...plpp_video

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