North Carolina; My husband's child support is token out is a biweekly basis b/c of his payment schedule. This creates a delinquency at the beginning of the year because the Child Support was originated on a monthly basis. For the last seven years, this delinquency has been taken out of State Tax Income Refund. This year he was laid off and during the transition of employment, there a little more added to the delinquency. This total delinquency was less than a $1000. We both expected it to be pulled from the State Tax Income Refund. But to our surprise it was deducted for the full amount from the Federal Income Tax Refund. We thought that would resolved the balance, but then we were told that State was holding our refund also, until I signed an Affidavit for Release of Joint Tax Refund. I don't understand this since the money has been already deducted from Federal Income Tax Refund and I never signed the form the last 6 times that it was deducted.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?