Section 120.342  Child Support and Spousal Maintenance Payments

a)     Court ordered child support and/or spousal maintenance (alimony) payments shall be deducted from nonexempt income in determining the countable income of the person making the payment.

b)     Voluntary child support and/or spousal maintenance payments made for persons for whom the payer is legally responsible according to 89 Ill. Adm,. Code 103.10 shall be deducted from nonexempt income in determining the countable income of the responsible relative.

c)     These deductions cannot exceed the total amount of countable income.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 9843, effective June 26, 2002)