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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 324900" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>My son is incarcerated at Department of Juvenile Justice and I have to pay CS. A lot of states are doing this now since they are broke. It works like this- Department of Juvenile Justice filed for CS so that part got turned over to DSS dept. of child support enforcement services, then we went to court for the judge to sign off on the amount. I've been umemployed about all year and still have to pay based on making min wage. Being a state agency that filed (instead of another parent), it automatically goes thru DSS here, meaning if I get employed, they can garnish my wages to get the money. This will be the case even if he goes to foster care, Residential Treatment Center (RTC), or group home in the future....unless I sign over all parental rights and put him up for adoption, which I will not do. (Oddly enough, if a family adopts a child they get state assistance but if the bio parent keeps the child, they don't qualify for most of it.) I have no control when they decide to return him home (unless they try and I refuse) but either way, I have to pay CS until he comes home. Hoovers doesn't it?</p><p></p><p>Your best bet would have been to apply for medicaid for him while he was in a mental health facility. I'm not sure you can do this now- it depends if he's considered a ward of the state (even though you retain parental rights- supposedly) and if this is considered a mental health placement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 324900, member: 3699"] My son is incarcerated at Department of Juvenile Justice and I have to pay CS. A lot of states are doing this now since they are broke. It works like this- Department of Juvenile Justice filed for CS so that part got turned over to DSS dept. of child support enforcement services, then we went to court for the judge to sign off on the amount. I've been umemployed about all year and still have to pay based on making min wage. Being a state agency that filed (instead of another parent), it automatically goes thru DSS here, meaning if I get employed, they can garnish my wages to get the money. This will be the case even if he goes to foster care, Residential Treatment Center (RTC), or group home in the future....unless I sign over all parental rights and put him up for adoption, which I will not do. (Oddly enough, if a family adopts a child they get state assistance but if the bio parent keeps the child, they don't qualify for most of it.) I have no control when they decide to return him home (unless they try and I refuse) but either way, I have to pay CS until he comes home. Hoovers doesn't it? Your best bet would have been to apply for medicaid for him while he was in a mental health facility. I'm not sure you can do this now- it depends if he's considered a ward of the state (even though you retain parental rights- supposedly) and if this is considered a mental health placement. [/QUOTE]
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