Guide for newly separated parents
A list of tasks you may want to do when going through separation.
Child support care percentage estimator
The care estimator is a tool that calculates your care percentage.
Details of your child’s care arrangements form (FA012)
Use this form to provide information about your child’s care arrangements.
Recovering child and spousal support payments
How we enforce payments of overdue amounts of child support and spousal support.
Separation details form (MOD S)
Use this form to let us know you’ve separated from your partner.
How your percentage of care affects your child support payments
We consider each parent or non-parent carer’s care of the child as part of our child support assessment. This is their percentage of care.
Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment
How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.
Advice of death form (SA116)
Use these forms to advise us of the death of an adult or child. We’ll use these details to update records with Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.
New Zealand citizens claiming payments in Australia
If you’re a New Zealand citizen living in Australia you may be eligible to get Centrelink payments or concession cards.
Advance payment
You may get part of your income support payment or Family Tax Benefit (Part A) early. This is an advance payment. You pay it back later out of your payments from us.