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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Division 10 Service 415 Program 415 Chapters 05 - 65 North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services

Child Support and Spousal Support - Court-Ordered and Voluntary 415-25-05-21 (Revised 10/1/17 ML #3512) View Archives

Child support and spousal support received by the household is countable unearned income.

Child support is counted as the child’s income. EXCEPTION: When a household member keeps child support for a child that is not living in the home, the child support is counted as income to the household member that actually received it. The service fee deducted from the custodial parent’s child support by the Child Support Division is not countable income.

Spousal support is counted as income to the household member for which it is obligated.

Federal tax intercept payments are a non-recurring lump sum and are not counted as income. Federal tax intercept payments are not included in ND√erify.

State and interstate state tax intercept payments are counted as income as these payments are applied to current support. State tax intercept payments are included in ND√erify.

The date the payment is considered received is determined as follows: • If disbursed via check, the date received is two working days after the date on the check.

• If direct deposited, the date received is the date the funds were deposited into the bank account as reflected on the bank statement.