Do you have to pay child support if you are disabled?

Garnishment of Your Disability Payments. If you are awarded SSI, your benefits cannot be garnished to make child support payments. If you receive SSDI and have been court-ordered to pay child support (or alimony), your benefits can be garnished to satisfy your legal obligation. read more

Child benefits may also be used to cover any arrearages (past due child support) you may have accrued after you became disabled. Check your state’s laws to see how dependent child benefits and child support are handled, or speak to a family law attorney. read more

If you get a sizeable pay raise, or if you change careers, your spouse may request that the court take another look at the amount of child support that you are required to pay. In the same respect, if you lose your job or if your pay is reduced, you can also argue that the court take another look at the amount of child support that you would owe. read more

If you owe back child support, the amount that you owe will not be adjusted, even if the amount that you have to pay in the future is reduced. Any modifications made to monthly child support payments do not affect the child support that you should have paid in past years. read more