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June 6, 2019
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How long does it take to see a deposit for child support arrears? My child's father is past due nearly $1200 and pays by state DCS . Will his return bring him current?

  • June 6, 2019
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Best answer by CathyB

You would need to contact the child support agency to find out how long before you see a deposit for child support arrears.

The IRS may use federal tax refunds for past due child support. For more information, please click on this link: 

IRS Topic Number: 203 – Refund Offsets

22 replies

June 8, 2022

This is EXACTLY what I'm going through this year 2022- He filed in Feb received letter in March the payment posted in April but didn't apply until the end of May and only the amount for the state arrears was applied and Im still waiting on my portion of arrears as the custodial parent and they can't give me a time frame and he filed Single not jointly..it's So frustrating we're in June now Do you remember how long it took for your payment in 2019 ??? Any info would be helpful at this point because google isn't specific to my situation and the case Managers at the child support office are less informed then me at this point-HELP! Timeframe on  Offset arrears payment for the custodial parent- ANYONE???

June 16, 2023

Im on the same boat. They told me irs is holding the full arrears for 6 months. This is ridiculous why are they holding it all. There was a payment agreement for back pay (arrears)  and everything was being paid so why did they have to do that and why are they holding it for so long. Is there really nothing one can do to get the irs to give the money already? And is it going to be released in ones bank account like the refund or in the child support card? Why won't they give us any answers. All they told me is since its withheld that they can't talk to me about it. Why not? If they are going to give me the money eventually? 

June 16, 2023

this seems to be a legal issue not an income tax question so talk to a lawyer . 

Critter-3
June 16, 2023

FYI ... IRS SOP is to hold a refund for at least 6 months before releasing it to a non IRS debt like child support to allow the taxpayer to amend the return and/or the injured current spouse to file a form 8379 to recoup some or all of the held funds.