Learning about child support
Information to help you decide the type of child support arrangement that’s right for your family. There’s help to calculate and apply for child support.
Details of your child’s care arrangements form (FA012)
Use this form to provide information about your child’s care arrangements.
What you can do with your Child support online account
You can use your Child Support online account to check payment details and keep your personal details up to date.
Guide for newly separated parents
A list of tasks you may want to do when going through separation.
Recovering child and spousal support payments
How we enforce payments of overdue amounts of child support and spousal support.
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.
Principal carer rules for Parenting Payment
To get Parenting Payment you must be the main carer of a young child or children.
How to contact the Financial Information Service
We have Financial Information Service (FIS) Officers to help you.
Family Tax Benefit Part A payment rates
The amount of Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A we’ll pay you depends on your situation.
Child support payment types
When you’ve decided what your child support arrangement will be, you’ll need to choose how to transfer payments.