I think it’s because of community property state laws. If you live in a community property state then everything is split 50/50. So while the money was for the benefit of the child dependent it is still both of the spouses money if you live in a community property state. No different than the child tax credit. That gets split 50/50 every year for us. I live in Texas. I called the irs yesterday and the lady stated my check will be processed on Friday. I thought I would have received a direct deposit because that’s how I receive my returns. She did not know why they were cutting a check instead of direct deposit. So for those of us that did not receive a direct deposit on Wednesday like the others I think we are getting checks.
