I need a lawyer whos expertise is in child support & taxes to answer this...?

Rojo

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Last year when I filed my return it got taken by the Dept. of Education for overdue student loans from years ago. In March of last year I had a son with my live in girlfriend. We're too poor to afford to get married & now Im finding out we're too poor to have not gotten married. I live in WI by the way. So late last year the child support agency came after me to make me pay a portion of the birthing costs even though my girlfriends insurance from the state should have covered it. Apparantly Im still obligated to pay part of it even though we're together & the baby is in both our custody. Here's where the problem occurs. The Judge ordered that I pay $20 per month, but he deferred payments until Jan. 15 to allow me some breathing room due to us moving that month. I got a notice in the mail from the child support agency stating the terms of the order & then a week later I got a second notice saying I was behind on my payments. I ignored it thinking it was an oversight that would be fixed. My boss is taking the $20 out of my check because they sent her an order to do so & its getting sent there directly. I filed my taxes & fully expected that some money would be taken out again for the rest of my student loan, but expected there to be about $1900 left after that. It just so happens that $1900 is what I owe in birthing expenses. Now I tracked my refund & it said theyre withholding funds for the child support thing. That leaves ZERO $ left. We were counting on that money. Can they do this to me? Can they take my check even though Im not behind & the Judge ordered a payment plan? Im furious right now.
 
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