If I file separately but married, will my tax refund still be taken for my husband's child support debt? I have cancer, we need the refund to help pay for bills.

My income is the only income in the family due to my illness. My husband has not taken any work on his LLC in order to take care of me and the kids while I worked remotely from home. He has a debt with child support we are working to pay off but each time we file jointly, despite me making more money than him, the refund is always applied to that debt. We need that refund this year to help with bills from my cancer.

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