First you need to check in with child support agency in your county who handles your case. If they haven’t submitted the info to the IRS and they intercepted his taxes for other reasons you are not privy to, then you will know why. Second -the arrears has to be over 500$ and that ex has to not have any conditions stipulated in court documentation that says they can’t take it due to hardship etc... Depending on if ex spouse is filing jointly/recently married and has more kids -certain other conditions can impact refund time like if your ex new spouse files injured spouse claim to get their portion of the return back. Technically the IRS can hold for up to 6 months because of this. If filed in Jan -expect end of August -if in April-expect around end of October. But if you yourself owes student loans or other federal debts yourself they can double intercept -take from Peter to pay Paul! If you receive assistance from the state at all for cash-aide (you will never receive any portion of anything until you get off cash aid!) doesn’t matter if you collect 500 in cash aid and he owes you 1300$ a month for say both spousal and child support! You will eat these costs for every month you claimed it and there is no getting back the difference! The state always gets paid first. Then you get what is owed in arrears after state is paid up for taking on your cash aide expense out of Pocket while you weren’t receiving the income. Sucks but that’s the way it is and if you are on cash aide -I advise you get off it if you want to see any return or interest on that return.
