How to manage court ordered periodic child maintenance

Notify us within 14 days of a court order being made about child maintenance.

Once you have read about court orders for child maintenance the next steps are to:

collect any supporting documents
submit your court order to us with any supporting documents.

Once you have a child maintenance order from the court you can then notify us of the order.

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.

Page last updated: 14 September 2026.

QC 43071

How to manage court ordered periodic child maintenance

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