Most useful information for Separated parents

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Child support payment types

When you’ve decided what your child support arrangement will be, you’ll need to choose how to transfer payments.

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

How your percentage of care affects your child support payments

We consider each parent or non-parent carer’s care of the child as part of our child support assessment. This is their percentage of care.

  1. Child support self service
  2. Child Support online accounts

When you can access your Child Support online account

You can use your online account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  1. Separated parents
  2. Separating

Guide for newly separated parents

A list of tasks you may want to do when going through separation.

  1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
  2. Child Support online help guides

Child Support online account help - Extend child support for child turning 18

Instructions on how to extend child support for a child turning 18 using your Child Support online account.

Paying child support by non-agency payments

Paying parents can make direct payments or third party transfers that fall outside of regular child support payments.

  1. Top payments
  2. Child support assessment

What you need to know about your child support assessment

How a child support assessment works.

  1. Separated parents
  2. Most useful information

Objecting to a Child Support decision form (CS1893)

Use this form to object to a child support decision we made that you disagree with.

  1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
  2. Child Support online help guides

Child Support online account help - Upload documents

Instructions on how to upload and submit documents using your Child Support online account.

  1. How to manage your assessment
  2. While living outside Australia

Receiving child support when you live outside Australia

We may be able to help you with your child support arrangements if you live outside Australia.

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Page last updated: 10 December 2021.
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