CHILD SUPPORT (FAM)

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The income is considered the child’s. If one child support payment is made on behalf of more than one child, prorate the payment among the children to determine an amount for each. This includes any amount diverted from court-ordered support (or other binding agreement) to a third party to pay the household’s expenses when the court has not ordered the diversion. If spousal support is included in the same payment with child support, a prorated share is considered to be the spouse’s.

Payments made by the absent parent directly to a household for the maintenance of a child, including any amount diverted from court ordered support to a third party when the court has not ordered the diversion.

Treatment: Unearned Income

Any portion of child support made payable to—and retained by—the state:

Treatment: Excluded Income for grant computation in the benefits test. It is not excluded from the eligibility test.