LTC Court-Ordered Child Support (Archive)

Deduct court-ordered child support paid by the client from the LTC income calculation.

l  The payments must be garnished from income in order to be used as a deduction.

Note:  It is not uncommon to see court-ordered child support garnished from RSDI Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance. A program operated by the Social Security Administration that provides a monthly income to retired people, survivors or dependents of insured people, and people with disabilities. payments.

l  The payments can be for arrearages, current support or both.

l  Allow up to a maximum of $250 per month of payments remaining after allocations to the children have been completed, regardless of the number of children the client is supporting.

Note:  Each child is entitled to an allocation, which should be calculated before applying the child support deduction. See LTC Family Allocation for information on calculating the child’s allocation amount.

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