Dead Man Billed For Child Support
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Dead Man Billed For Child Support
Lincoln
A widow said she's still getting bills from the Nebraska Child Support Office addressed to her late husband, asking for payments, even though her husband passed away a year ago.
Reporter: Melanie Bloom
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A widow said she's still getting bills from the Nebraska Child Support Office addressed to her late husband, asking for money. The Nebraska Child Support Office is asking for payments, even though her husband passed away a year ago.

"He has two children that live in Texas and he had been paying child support on them," said Dawn Hunt.

Hunt used to live in Lincoln, but after her husband died, she moved to Des Moines, IA, and got a new job.

"Mid-November, I received a bill in Chad's name to my new address in Iowa. It was from the Nebraska Child Support Office. I opened it up and it said, 'your child support is past due,' and I was like 'what is this?'" said Hunt.

Hunt said she was told that the child support office knew he was deceased. Hunt said the office person she spoke with told her than an order needed to be made to stop payments and that the office would take care of it.

The Nebraska Child Support Office Administrator, Daryl Wusk, said that the problem isn't rooted in his office. Wusk confirmed that payments are still adding up every month. Wusk said that the problem is with the Clerk of the Court. Wusk said they need Chad Hunt's death certificate to clear up the problem.

Hunt has racked up around $4,000 in owed child support since his death. Due to the owed child support, Dawn Hunt's federal tax refunds were withheld for about a month because she filed jointly with her husband.

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