Your third stimulus payment can't be seized to pay child support. Under the CARES Act from March 2020, your first stimulus check could be seized by state and federal agencies to cover past-due child support. That rule changed for the second stimulus check, which couldn't be taken if you owe money for child support.

Will child support Take my third stimulus check?

While the first stimulus payment allowed garnishment only for back child support, the second payment had protections from garnishment completely. This third stimulus payment cannot be seized or garnished for back child support, but it can be taken to satisfy private debts.

Can child support take the second stimulus?

Past due child support will not be taken out of second stimulus check. The second stimulus bill prohibits seizing stimulus checks for most kinds of debt, including from private creditors and banks.