Shouldnt I still get child support??

Question

I have 3 kids with my ex husband. He is now disabled and receives social security. My kids each get a check for $120 a month (from social security) but that isnt nothing compared to there fathers 2300. a month. Im not a money grubber but I feel that I should be able to get money from him. He wont even help me buy school stuff for kids or anything. I pay the healthinsurance and its almost 400. a month. I am a very hard working mother I work at least 50 hours a week just to survive, but I feel that he is getting off easy. I went to child support but they tell me because he gets ssi that I cant go after him for money.. Has anyone ever heard of that..

Answer 1

What was the court order for him to pay ?   He must make up the difference from his pocket. so he could be in arrears and owe you.

Go to your court or child support collections office and ask , as the judge should approve the changes , if no approval he is in arrears ,

My half brother got nailed with this when he got on SSI after a car wreck he ended up staying in jail for 8 weeks untill they discovered he needed to much medical treatments that the county didn't want to foot the bill for him while in lock-up and getting daily treatments and theripy . He had to go to court and get the child support lowered (the driver who caused the wreck wasn't here legally , no insurance and there were others involved).

Answer 2

He is a jerk for at least not trying to help you.  But its true he doesn't have to pay support if he is disabled.  

And BTW PATRICK from the above answer, the money she gets for her kids is over and above what he gets.  Its from SSI as well.  

Answer 3

The social security check that your kids get is your "child support".   The government calculates that amount based on the amount of disability your ex husband recieves and the number of children you have together.  You really wouldn't be able to go after him for more than that.  Be grateful that you are at least getting SOMETHING for them because the government pays it.   Many women have to try and hunt down deadbeat dads who owe child support and they never recieve a dime of money from them.

I understand that there may be some bitterness there but it is what it is.  Since he isn't working the government pays his child support for him basically and that means you only get what you get.

Answer 4

Your ex husband is disabled and trying to make it on less than $2,000.00 a month (disability minus child support) and you think he is getting off easy.

Yeah.... it really doesn't sound like you are money grubbing at all.....

Sarcasm intended.

{edit}  Your added comments make you sound bitter that his life is moving on with out you and proves more to the point that you are money grubbing (it's not fair)

BTW Ronda....  I don't care.

Answer 5

It is true that you cannot get money from him if he is on SSI.  That is because the maximum a person receives on SSI is around $750 per month.  He could put the kids on his medicaid if he is on SSI.  

If he receives SS disability payments you can collect child support from him.  There is a huge difference in SSI and SSD.

Answer 6

What "child support" amount he pays to THE CHILDREN (not mother-she gets "spousal support") is determined by state law and the  divorce decree/court order. You need to get a good lawyer NOW before he hides the inheritance.

Once he owes more than a certain amount in back child support he becomes a felon. If his name is on the home title and if you act before he hides the $ you may succeed. SSI is not exempt from an the IRS garnishment. Call Social Security Admin's toll-free number to see if your state child support laws apply to a SSA garnishment. And also ask in general if someone inherits $100,000 do they still qualify for SSI benefits? (he could be committing fraud if he is still doing this.)

Answer 7

In several states, the most you can get for child support is 30% of his income.  But in many states it's much less than that.  For my husband, it was 17%. What you are getting is probably what was garnished from his income.

Edit: The first poster is right.  $2,300 a month is barely getting by.  Most bona fide disabled people are doing just that.  Barely scraping by.  They have a dumpy apartment, no car, etc.

Edit: "they own there home and he just inherited over a hundred thousand dollars from his father.."

Inform the IRS about this.  Also, be sure and contact the state so they can deduct his disability pay.  Or cut him off of disability completely, in which case you can go after his sorry butt for child support.

Answer 8

You are fully entitled to it.  If you handled the kids while he got a job back when you were married.