Q: Can child support make me pay if I'm receiving public assistance?
A:
If you are on pubic assistance than I would assume you have the children, which means the child support order should be in your favor.
If you do not have the children and are being asked to pay child support for kids other than the ones on public assistance, than you can be required to pay child support should the Guidelines call for it.
However, in either case public assistance cannot be attributed to you as income and a support award would have to be based on any additional income you might have, or that could be imputed to you.
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