How to Verify Alimony or Child Support Amount—and Reasonable Efforts to Collect

When certifying or recertifying households, you may encounter household members who get alimony or child support from ex-spouses or their children’s parents. Or it may be the case that a household member pays alimony or child support to someone else. Or a household member receives none or only a portion of what a court has awarded her for alimony or child support.