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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A – Income: ABD Categories Page |70 Effective Month: July 2025 recipient’s signed allegation about how the support should be allocated. If the recipient cannot state how the support should be allocated, divide the payment equally. Deeming The one-third exclusion of a child support payment applies to the eligible child only. The disregard is not applied when an ineligible child receives child support payments which are considered in a deeming computation. In addition, the income used to make court-ordered or Title IV-D support payments by an ineligible spouse, ineligible parent or ineligible child is excluded from the deemor’s income. Adult Children Child support payments (excluding arrearages) received by a parent after an adult child no longer meets the definition of a “child” are income to the adult child, whether or not the adult child lives with the parent or receives any of the child support from the parent. These payments are not subject to the one-third reduction. When a parent receives child support arrearage payments on behalf of an adult child: • Any portion of the arrearage payment that the parent receives and does not give to the adult child is income to the parent. • Any amount of the arrearage payment that the parent gives to the adult child is income to the adult child in the month given, not income to the parent. The one-third reduction does not apply. • When an adult child receives an arrearage payment directly from the absent parent, the arrearage payment is income to the adult child. The one-third reduction does not apply. Child support payments and arrearages received by a parent on behalf of a deceased child or adult child are income to the parent who receives them. 200A.07.17 RENTAL INCOME Rent is payment that a person receives for the use of real or personal property, such as land, housing or machinery. Net rental income is gross less the ordinary and necessary expenses paid in the same taxable year. In determining Medicaid eligibility for at-home and institutional categories, consider net rental income.