Old child support debts could cost thousands of poor men their only income next year because of a policy aimed at reducing the cost to the government of mailing paper checks to pay federal benefits.
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jeffersonish 1 year 15 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago
In California, and I'm sure many others, they can't take your entire check. They have to leave something even if it is inadequate to live on. I've seen cases where the person was receiving aid and they attached a high percentage of that aid.