Most useful information for separated parents

1. Raising kids
2. Separated parents

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.

1. How to manage your assessment
2. Overpayments

Recovering child and spousal support payments

How we enforce payments of overdue amounts of child support and spousal support.

1. Separated parents
2. Most useful information

Non-agency payment details form (CS1650)

Use this form to request a credit for child support paid directly to the receiving parent, or to someone else for example mortgage payments, or school.

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

How to set up your Child Support online account

You can set up and use your Child Support online account through myGov.

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

How your income affects your child support

Find out how we use each parent’s income when we make a child support assessment.

1. Separated parents
2. Learning about child support

Child support when parents and children live outside Australia

We may be able to help you set up child support when you or the other parent live in another country.

1. Separated parents
2. Most useful information

We are considering changing your Child Support Assessment form (CS2898)

Use this form when we are considering changing your child support assessment.

1. Child support assessment
2. How to manage your assessment

Child Support Overpayments

Find out about child support overpayments and how to manage them.

1. Child support assessment
2. What you need to know

Payments from a parent outside Australia

We may be able to help collect payments from a parent who lives outside Australia.

1. Top payments
2. Financial Information Service

What the Financial Information Service is

The Financial Information Service helps you make informed decisions about your finances.