Adoption assistance overpayments

Adoption assistance overpayments. Adoption assistance overpayments. The department may recover an overpayment of adoption assistance from adoptive parents by any of the following means: (1) Reducing the amount of the monthly adoption assistance payments by an amount agreed to by the adoptive parents and the department. (2) Requesting payment within a specified time period or negotiating a payment plan. (3) Certifying the debt for collection by the department of revenue under s. 71.93 , Stats.