If my ex owes me back child support, will I get his state refund?

[chloeher4]

Thank you for all the info I really appreciate it

[medailytoday]

When you say ex? Does that mean husband or boyfriend? So if you broke up with your boyfriend and are on state assistance and have Foodstamp and are on HUD when the ex boyfriends taxes are seized the woman gets it? How does that make any sense? Wouldn’t the state get it for all the money they gave the woman?

[macuser_22]

@medailytoday - nobody said anything about food stamps or government assistance.  This thread is about child support.    Absent parents that have child support judgements against them may, under law, have their tax refunds offset to satisfy that obligation.    The purpose of child support is to support the child's needs, not the government.

[medailytoday]

I know nobody said anything about those things but in my case my husband signed a birth certificate at 15 and the girl has been coming after him for child support for 19 years everybody knows he’s not the father the mother and the daughter say so but he’s still obligated and since nothings been done he continues to pay all year and get all his returns taken but this lady is on Foodstamp’s and everything I was wondering if when he pays the rest of his back child support does she get it or the state ? And since the child is now 18 would she get it?

[medailytoday]

I’m new to taxes and I never get  any confirmation of wher the money actually goes it would just be nice to know

[macuser_22]

@medailytoday - If a Federal tax offset then contact the Bureau of Fiscal Services Toll Free: 800-304-3107 for information.
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If a state offset then contact the state taxing authority.

Most child support orders expire when the child turns 18, but can continue if the support is in arrears until the debt is paid off.

Whether he should be paying support at all is a legal issue, best discussed with an attorney (nobody here can offer legal advice).

[charles1979gary]

My ex owes me back child support and the Texas AG protects her because she is a woamn. She received her full refund and laughed about it. There is no equality for fathers with custody of their children. She makes 55k a year and they only have her paying 200 a month for two children.  Equality my [profanity removed].

[macuser_22]

@charles1979gary - same as above comment.  That is a legal issue, not a tax issue.    Take it up with your attorney.