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A new law regarding child support that was recently passed in Michigan has many concerned and others angry.

The Federal Deficit Reduction Act requires that a $25 fee be collected after the custodial parent receives $500 in support.

Of this fee, $16 reportedly goes to the federal government and $8 goes to the state to supposedly offset the cost of operating the program.

Parents View Law as Unfair

Julie Herring was one of the many parents that were outraged to hear about this new law since she will be deducted $25 annually in child support because she never received cash assistance or food stamps.

Instead, she received more than $500 in yearly support payments and as a result feels she is being penalized.

“I don’t think it’s fair,” says Herring. “I’m getting penalized for not getting assistance. I pride myself on not getting assistance and we struggle to make it.”

Herring is raising a 10-year-old son alone and the checks she receives are simply from when her son’s father fell behind on child support in the past.

Law Set to Begin in the Fall

According to reports, the new law will begin being implemented in October and the fee will start being deducted from child support checks.

“No one likes to begin to charge for a service we’ve offered for low or no cost for years, but when the federal government enacts a law such as this, we’re required to implement it,” says Colleen Steinman, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Human Services’ Office of Child Support.

(Source: mLive.com)

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