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Child Support online account help - Advise change of care arrangements

Instructions on how to tell us about a change of care arrangements using your Child Support online account.

  1. How to manage your assessment
  2. Compare your child support collection options

Child Support Collect

This is where we collect and transfer child support payments for you.

  1. Top payments
  2. Child support assessment

What you need to know about your child support assessment

How a child support assessment works.

  1. Raising kids
  2. Separated parents

Help when you’re deciding to separate

Separating can impact your finances, family, and other areas in your life.

Change of circumstances for child support

You need to let us know if your circumstances change. Some changes can affect your child support payments. Find out what to tell us and how to let us know.

  1. Top payments
  2. Binding child support agreement

What the payment amount is under a binding child support agreement

The payment can be any amount, but both parties must agree.

  1. Child support assessment
  2. How we work out your assessment

Basic child support formula

This formula is for parents with only one child support assessment.

  1. Separated parents
  2. Most useful information

Details of your child’s care arrangements form (FA012)

Use this form to provide information about your child’s care arrangements.

  1. Separated parents
  2. Most useful information

Separation details form (MOD S)

Use this form to let us know you’ve separated from your partner.

  1. How to manage your assessment
  2. Overpayments

Recovering child and spousal support payments

How we enforce payments of overdue amounts of child support and spousal support.

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