I normally agree with Debt Guy and I do in this instance as well. But there may be one additional thing worth trying.
You don’t say what proportion of the seized funds the exempt funds comprise or how critical is your need to access them (and you don’t need to). If it’s critical, it may be worth your time to contact the attorney who initiated the levy and discuss the situation. Courts try to expedite exemption hearings, but the funds could be beyond your reach for some time. I would hope it would not be 90 days, but 30-45 is not unrealistic, so it behooves you to also start the exemption process as soon as possible.
However, banks normally hold frozen funds for a period of time to determine if there are going to be any claims that take precedence to those of the judgment creditor. In my state, it’s 10 days. After that, they’re released to the levying authority, which also holds them to see if there will be a claim of exemption and, if so, the outcome. In my state, that’s another 30 days.
But the attorney can direct the bank or the levying authority (Sheriff/Marshal) to release all or part of the funds at any time, and only the attorney for the judgment creditor can do this. If you can prove that some or all of the funds will be found to be exempt and there is a need to access those funds before an exemption hearing can be scheduled, the attorney might be willing to issue such a release.
Understand that this is not a legal tactic that substitutes for your claim of exemption (which may even cover more than the disability and support funds); it is a reasonable and compassionate response to a problem, and the attorney must agree and initiate it. In return, he/she might want to set up a payment plan, if possible for you, but that’s a separate matter.
Just know that it’s possible, but the judgment creditor must agree and initiate. With a client’s permission, I’ve even released non-exempt funds for medical emergencies. The creditor just wants to be paid. It’s not necessarily heartless.
Good luck if you try.