Ana & Andre
July 25th 03, 02:36 AM
Hello all. I need some advice.....
I work for the NYC Transit....and have been for the past 14 years.
I was paying my child support order, by having it taken out of my
check bi-weekly. In November of 2001 I was in a car accident and was
out of work until April 2003.
During that time, I had no income, just disablity payments thru the
company. Child Suport realized they werent getting the payments they
were used to taking bi weekly, and then I started getting the letters
about owing back CS. So they wound up taking my Federal Tax Refund
and my NYS Refund for this year that I filed. I went to CS court to
get a date to let them know my situation and why I wasnt paying.
After about 6 months, I finally got my day in court. I came armed
with all my documents, sick notes and reason why I was behind in CS
payments. They ruled on April 29, 2003 that they would modify my
support order to $25 a month from December 2001 to April 2003...that
was the time I wasnt working. The judge used his calculator to
realize that my income was nothing and that I was disabled during that
period and that I didnt owe any back support or arreas for that
period. They continued the order of support that I was paying before
my car accident. That was fine with me.
Since coming back to work, they were still taking out the bi-weekly
support payments AND they were taking arreas for $55 a week. They did
that until July 16 pay period and the arreas were stopped. I called
them and they had told me they would stop the arreas being that I
didnt owe any arreas. It totalled $610.
My problem is, how do I get back the NYS Tax Refund and my Federal
Refund that they took that I didnt owe? The taxes alone are about
$4000 and the $610 arreas they took. That is a good chunk of money I
can use.
I work for the NYC Transit....and have been for the past 14 years.
I was paying my child support order, by having it taken out of my
check bi-weekly. In November of 2001 I was in a car accident and was
out of work until April 2003.
During that time, I had no income, just disablity payments thru the
company. Child Suport realized they werent getting the payments they
were used to taking bi weekly, and then I started getting the letters
about owing back CS. So they wound up taking my Federal Tax Refund
and my NYS Refund for this year that I filed. I went to CS court to
get a date to let them know my situation and why I wasnt paying.
After about 6 months, I finally got my day in court. I came armed
with all my documents, sick notes and reason why I was behind in CS
payments. They ruled on April 29, 2003 that they would modify my
support order to $25 a month from December 2001 to April 2003...that
was the time I wasnt working. The judge used his calculator to
realize that my income was nothing and that I was disabled during that
period and that I didnt owe any back support or arreas for that
period. They continued the order of support that I was paying before
my car accident. That was fine with me.
Since coming back to work, they were still taking out the bi-weekly
support payments AND they were taking arreas for $55 a week. They did
that until July 16 pay period and the arreas were stopped. I called
them and they had told me they would stop the arreas being that I
didnt owe any arreas. It totalled $610.
My problem is, how do I get back the NYS Tax Refund and my Federal
Refund that they took that I didnt owe? The taxes alone are about
$4000 and the $610 arreas they took. That is a good chunk of money I
can use.