OAR 461-140-0266: Court Ordered Child Support Exclusion; SNAP

Effective January 19, 2023, in the SNAP program: (1) Notwithstanding other rules in Chapter 461, child support payments made by a member of the filing group, including cash medical support and arrearages, are excluded to determine countable (see OAR 461-001-0000) income if they meet both of the following: (a) The child support payments are court ordered. (b) The child (see OAR 461-001-0000) for whom the payments are intended to support is not a member of the filing group . (2) When an individual cannot verify court-ordered child-support payments, the payments are not used to calculate the exclusion. When the individual provides verification, the exclusion is applied when calculating countable income. (3) This income exclusion is not subject to the provisions of OAR 461-140-0070.