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To start, I am fully current on child support and pay about $500 a month and carry insurance for my child.
When I was in the military I was injured in basic training. As I have gotten older, the damage from the injury has caused regular issues to come up. This injury was about 7 years prior to the birth of my child who I pay support for.
I was advised by a military buddy who had a similar situation as far as being injured goes that I should look into VA Disability benefits since I was injured in basic, but as it sits right now after reading some of the similar threads I am not sure how it affects my child support.
I have read that:
- It can be treated as income in the calculations
- In general, It can't be garnished
So to me, it gets a bit confusing. So on one hand, its used in the calculations as income, which in turn increases the amount to be paid. on the other, it can't be garnished.
So in short, what does that actually mean then when it comes time to pay child support?
Are they then taking out more child support from the sources that can be garnished? Do they instead say "X" amount that is calculated from the disability payment is not to be garnished at all?
Also, I was advised that my disability payment may be backdated to the time when the injury occurred. How will that be taken into account then? Will they then take a lump sum payment from that for child support?
To start, I am fully current on child support and pay about $500 a month and carry insurance for my child.
When I was in the military I was injured in basic training. As I have gotten older, the damage from the injury has caused regular issues to come up. This injury was about 7 years prior to the birth of my child who I pay support for.
I was advised by a military buddy who had a similar situation as far as being injured goes that I should look into VA Disability benefits since I was injured in basic, but as it sits right now after reading some of the similar threads I am not sure how it affects my child support.
I have read that:
- It can be treated as income in the calculations
- In general, It can't be garnished
So to me, it gets a bit confusing. So on one hand, its used in the calculations as income, which in turn increases the amount to be paid. on the other, it can't be garnished.
So in short, what does that actually mean then when it comes time to pay child support?
Are they then taking out more child support from the sources that can be garnished? Do they instead say "X" amount that is calculated from the disability payment is not to be garnished at all?
Also, I was advised that my disability payment may be backdated to the time when the injury occurred. How will that be taken into account then? Will they then take a lump sum payment from that for child support?