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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 222 Chapter 4 Income

4.16.2.B.1 Child Support Disregard Examples Example 1: Four blood-related siblings live in the same home and receive the following amounts of child support: Child A receives $200 per month; Child B receives $150; Child C receives $50; Child D receives $100. The $50 disregard is divided by 4 and each child receives a disregard of $12.50. Child A $200.00 Child Support -$ 12.50 Disregard $187.50 Countable Child Support Child B $150.00 Child Support -$ 12.50 Disregard $137.50 Countable Child Support Child C $50.00 Child Support -$12.50 Disregard $37.50 Countable Child Support Child D $100.00 Child Support -$ 12.50 Disregard $87.50 Countable Child Support Example 2: Mrs. Evergreen applies for Medicaid for her four grandchildren who live with her. Paul and John are blood-related siblings and are the children of Mrs. Evergreen's daughter, Samantha. They receive $200 child support. George and Ringo are blood-related siblings and are the children of Mrs. Evergreen's other daughter, Virginia. George receives $150 child support and Ringo receives none. Because all of Mrs. Evergreen's grandchildren are not blood-related siblings, two NGs are established: one for Paul and John; and one for George and Ringo. Each NG then receives the $50 disregard. The countable child support for each child is as follows: