Child Support Paid Double by Mistake
From Times Wire Reports
The state double-issued about 7,500 child-support checks over Thanksgiving break and is now trying to get back $1.2 million.
The state sent a letter asking parents to repay the money or allow a deduction from future checks. But officials acknowledged that some of the money is unlikely to ever be recouped.
By Friday, the state reclaimed about $244,000.
The state has a contract with Systems and Methods Inc. to collect payments. The state provides SMI with the amount owed, and SMI sends that list to Central Bank, which issues the checks. On Nov. 21, the state sent a list to SMI, which directed the bank to issue $1.2 million in checks. Two days later, SMI sent the same list to the bank, which issued another $1.2 million.
