Regarding child support arrears: I understand that back child support can be payed with the non custodian parents tax returns IF the state is not due debt for public assistance. However, in Oklahoma I think this is fuzzy and I havent found the answer yet. In public assistance cases, they typically take any child support received to pay off the state debt, but if a person receives child care assistance and food stamps, they can still receive their child support payments. So...if the taxes were garnished, would the custodian parent receive that?