Child support taken out of tax refund??????

If he is behind in child support payments and the state courts are aware of this situation and have properly contacted the IRS on the matter, then the refund amount will first go to cover unpaid child support liability of the tax payer. It will take ~ 3 weeks after the IRS has released the funds for the funds to work their way through to the local court's payment recording department. It can take ~ 1 more week for the local payment recording department to process it. What you do not know is whether the IRS has confirmed that the refund amount as stated in the child's father's return is accurate and if the IRS has released the funds to the local court's payment recording department. You can contact the local court's payment recording department on this to see if they have seen the funds yet as this will be pretty helpful to you.

It can take up to 6 months due to identity theft issues encountered by the states. Even if the state is confident it's his refund, if he is married, same time frame.

Note it you have collected any welfare from the state, they will pay themselves back first.

It takes several weeks. It goes from the IRS to the state child support unit, then they take out any amounts they've advanced to you through welfare. If there's any left over, you get it.

6-8 weeks

It can take awhile.

Rules on docking wages for child support vary according to the state where you live. Call your state's Social Services number to get answers. Just do a web search naming your state followed by "Social Services help".