Family court question? Child support overpaid during COVID for emancipated children? Can’t get my money back!

Q: I have a NYS (Westchester county) decision and memorandum from a court hearing stipulating that my x wife owes me $10K in overpayments while the courts were shut during COVID. How do I enforce it? When Alimony is paid from CT. and the Westchester Judge has no way to offset Alimony (CT) from what she owes me? She seems like her hands are tied? How do I untie them?

A: The Court (unfortunately) has no way to order her to actually refund the money – EXCEPT: (1) as an off-set against future add-on expenses (e.g., education, medical), or (2) the CT court MAY be able to off-set it against future alimony payments. For the latter, you’d need to bring an application in the CT court (assuming she still lives there). For more info, call a White Plains Child Support attorney.