Q: Recently won custody of 15 yo son. Child support stopped but sent payment to another mother who refuses to give it back.
Unfortunately I have two exes, let's say Ex #1 and Ex #2, that I was paying support to. I am remarried. Recently I won custody of my son from Ex #1 and the Child Support order that I was paying was stopped. There was one payment left that I had to give to Ex #1 and then she would start paying me. However, Child support sent the payment that should come to me to pay Ex #1 to Ex #2 and she says she is going to keep it and has already spent it. She received it 3 days ago. She is on Section 8 (has a masters degree and refuses to work but that is another story). Can I or how do I recoupe the money that does not belong to her and belongs to the other mother. Child support says they can do nothing even though these were two separate cases.
A: Even though they screwed up, unfortunately, you can't get this back. Just deduct it from what you would've paid her for next month. Make sure they account for it in their system to show the overpayment.
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