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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 148 Chapter 4 Income

Example 7: A woman applies on March 2. She does not work, and her only source of income is child support from three absent parents. Income from Absent Parent A is regularly received, but the amount varies. Income from Absent Parent B is always the same amount, but she never knows when she will receive it. Absent Parent C pays regularly, and the amount is more or less the same. The Worker requests verification as follows: A’s payments for the last six months; B’s payments for the last six months; C’s payments for the last three months. She reports and verifies the following income from the three sources: Parent A:

• March 1

$100 • February 1 $75 • January 1 $123 • December 1 $100 • November 1 $100 • October 1 $100 Parent B:

• December 14 $45 • January 10 $35 • November 20 $50 Parent C:

• February 20 $75 • January 20 $75 • December 20 $75 The Worker finds the average monthly payment made by Parent A and projects the income to continue. The Worker and the client cannot reasonably anticipate that any payments will be received in the new certification period or POC from Parent B, so no income is counted from this source. Parent C pays the same amount at the same time, so $75 per month is counted from Parent C. The Worker records details about payments and payment dates from each of the absent parents, how the payments were verified, whether or not any income was counted from each source and, if so, how the amount was determined.