Maine child support / Foster care income

[Mike Cummings]

Maine. I am a shared living provider. I support an adult individual with intellectual disabilities who lives with me. I receive a stipened pay that I use to support the person. This money is not considered income for IRS purposes. Can the court include this money towards my income for the child support calculation ?

 

[not2cleverRed]

Mike, please expand on the situation, and add a legal question.

 

[Mike Cummings]

Is the stipened pay I receive from the state to support the individual considered income ? Can they use this to calculate my income on the child support worksheet ?

 

[LdiJ]

Maine. I am a shared living provider. I support an adult individual with intellectual disabilities who lives with me. I receive a stipened pay that I use to support the person. This money is not considered income for IRS purposes. Can the court include this money towards my income for the child support calculation ?

That is just vague enough that I am unsure that you can get a valid answer here.

 

[Mike Cummings]

is the stipen pay ( adult foster care payment ) I receive excluded or included on the child support worksheet that is used for determining my income ?

 

[quincy]

is the stipen pay ( adult foster care payment ) I receive excluded or included on the child support worksheet that is used for determining my income ?

You could contact the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services, to ask about exclusions from income when figuring child support payments.

https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/

It is my guess that the relatively small amount of money you receive as a subsidy to care for the disabled adult would be excluded from your income. But that is a guess.

 

[LdiJ]

You could contact the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services, to ask about exclusions from income when figuring child support payments.

https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/

It is my guess that the relatively small amount of money you receive as a subsidy to care for the disabled adult would be excluded from your income. But that is a guess.

And when you contact them to ask the question, you might want to give a little more background on your situation rather than asking the question in a vaccumn.