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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. Limited child support agreement
  2. How to manage a limited child support agreement

Limited child support agreements affect your family payments

We’ll make a notional assessment after we accept your agreement. The notional assessment is the child support that would apply if you didn’t have an agreement.

  1. Limited child support agreement
  2. How to manage a limited child support agreement

End a Limited child support agreement

You or the other parent can end a limited agreement.

  1. Court ordered periodic child maintenance
  2. What you need to do

Court order expiry for child maintenance payments

Child maintenance orders will end at a specified time, or when a particular event occurs.

  1. Court ordered periodic child maintenance
  2. How to manage court ordered periodic child maintenance

Submit your court order for child maintenance payments

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

Examples to help you balance your family assistance payments if you were single during the financial year

If you were single during the financial year, these examples can help you work out what to do so we can balance your payments.

Examples to help you balance your family assistance payments if you were partnered during the financial year

If you had a partner during the financial year, these examples can help you work out what to do so we can balance your payments.

  1. How to balance your payment
  2. Balancing Child Care Subsidy

Time limits for confirming income for Child Care Subsidy

When you get Child Care Subsidy (CCS) you must confirm your family’s income after the end of each financial year. There are time limits for how long you have to do this.

  1. Financial Information Service
  2. What FIS information you can watch online

FIS job seeker information online

We have information online to help you understand job situations you may face.

  1. What FIS information you can watch online
  2. Job seekers

Understanding redundancy payments FIS video

Watch this video to find out what you need to consider if you get a redundancy payment.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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