- Separated parents
- Most useful information
Request to change payment collection method form (CS1979)
Use this form if you are the receiving parent and you already have a registered Child Support case with us and you want to change your collection method.
- Child support assessment
- Who can get an assessment
Proving parentage for a child support assessment
To get a child support assessment you must be a legal parent or non-parent carer. There are different ways you can prove this.
- Separated parents
- Most useful information
Child over 18 in full time secondary education form (CS2716)
Use this form to extend child support to the end of the school year before your child turns 18.
- Separated parents
- Most useful information
Request for medical information form (CS4597)
Use this form to provide proof to support a request to change a child support assessment.
- Separated parents
- Separating
Guide for newly separated parents
A list of tasks you may want to do when going through separation.
- Separated parents
- Learning about child support
Your child support rights if you disagree with your assessment or payment
What you can do if you disagree with your child support assessments or payments.
- How to manage your assessment
- Managing child support overpayments and debts
How we recover child support debts
We can collect child support debts through deductions, tax refunds, legal action and investigations.
- Separated parents
- Most useful information
Details of your child’s care arrangements form (FA012)
Use this form to provide information about your child’s care arrangements.
- Top payments
- Child support assessment
How we work out your child support assessment
How we assess the amount of child support you need to pay or receive. The formula we use to work it out is in Australian law.
- Separated parents
- Most useful information
Separation details form (MOD S)
Use this form to let us know you’ve separated from your partner.