Social Security Disability Child Support Not Being Received?

My ex's disability has been garnished since August. Missouri child support said they received nothing. The child support office says SSA has a hold due to the large amount. SSA says they send it every month. And the benefits the children receive are credited to his amount every month. I am not sure what to do.

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Judy
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February 5, 20180 found this helpful

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Make an appointment with Social Security. If you have no luck, contact the Legal Aid Society. A lawyer will represent you for free.

poehere
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February 8, 20180 found this helpful

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It sounds like you'll need a lawyer to ask for a court order to trace the funds owed to you. If both agencies are saying that one sent it, the other didn't receive it then there is an error in bookkeeping somewhere.

Your money could be credited to another account because of a typo in the entry of your information.

cybergrannie
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March 26, 20180 found this helpful

I hope you have got all of this reconciled and are now getting support payments on a regular basis.

Sometimes there is a delay in getting payments set up when SS has to send the payment to a county/state agency and they in turn forward the payment to the "owner".
Social Security is always the one to see about problems within their service so always ask and keep asking until someone gives you an answer and gives it to you in writing.

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