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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI INCOME SOURCES 07/19 CHAPTER I, PAGE 22

Current child support is support paid for the adult child’s current needs. It is unearned income and is subject to the unearned and general income exclusions. 18.2.1.1. Income Treatment Child support payments (excluding arrearages) received for an adult child by a parent after an adult child stops meeting the definition of a child are income to the adult child. The support payments are income to the adult child whether or not the adult child lives with the parent or receives any of the child support payment from the parent. 18.2.2. Adult Child Support Arrearages A child support arrearage payment is a payment that was due but not paid in a timely manner for the appropriate period. It is being paid to comply with an unfulfilled past obligation to support the child. 18.2.2.1. Income Treatment When a parent receives a child support arrearage payment on behalf of an adult child: • Any amount of that payment that the parent receives and does not give to the adult child is income to the parent. The portion of the arrearage payment retained by the parent is not income to the adult child, and would not affect the adult child’s AG eligibility. • Any amount of the payment that the parent gives to the adult child is income to the adult child in the month given, not income to the parent. • When an adult child receives a child support arrearage payment directly from the absent parent, the arrearage payment is income to the adult child. Example: A non-custodial father pays child support on behalf of his 19 year old disabled son who lives in an ALF. The son is considered an adult child. The former custodial mother receives a $100 child support payment. The $100 child support payment consists of both a current payment of $75