How your income affects your child support
Find out how we use each parent’s income when we make a child support assessment.
Basic child support formula
This formula is for parents with only one child support assessment.
Separation details form (MOD S)
Use this form to let us know you’ve separated from your partner.
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.
Details of your child’s care arrangements form (FA012)
Use this form to provide information about your child’s care arrangements.
Managing your child support agreements
Ongoing support to help you manage child support, family payments and changes to your circumstances after you separate.
Recovering child and spousal support payments
How we enforce payments of overdue amounts of child support and spousal support.
Guide for newly separated parents
A list of tasks you may want to do when going through separation.
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.
Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment
How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.