Q: I was on assistance for a short time in Oregon. My ex wasn't paying child support. Now the state of Oregon has taken
$1000's from his tax returns that were supposed to come to me for back child support. There is no possible way they gave me as many $1,000's of dollars as they have taken. Furthermore, Washington state is the only state that should have anything to do with this case. I currently have a case in both states. This is just wrong. Please give me some advice of possible.
A: The State gets to reimburse the State for the money the State paid you on assistance. You don't get both State assistance and child support. However, if the child support ordered monthly was greater then the monthly amount of State assistance ordered, you might be entitled to get paid the excess. I am not sure if they wait until they are fully remibursed before they start paying you the excess they collected and the full amount of support you are supposed to get going forward. You might want to call the office that handles this and ask them for a printout that gives you the details of how they are applying the money.
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