Top payments for separated parents

Pause of requirements

Sometimes there may be a pause of your mutual obligation or participation requirements.

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. Top payments
2. Parenting Payment

When you’ll get your first Parenting Payment

Parenting Payment is a fortnightly payment. We’ll tell you when your first payment is after we approve your claim.

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

Parents with 2 or more child support assessments

We work out how much child support you pay or receive if you have 2 or more families from past relationships

1. Separated parents
2. Most useful information

Estimate of income for use in Child Support Assessment form (CS1670)

Use this form to provide us with an estimate of your income where it is different from the income used for your current child support assessment.

How child support affects FTB Part A payment rates

The more child support you receive or are entitled to, the less FTB you may get. This is called the Maintenance Income Test.

1. Employment income reporting
2. What to report

Income from employment

If you or your partner get income from employment you need to tell us. This is so we can pay you the right amount.

1. Separated parents
2. Managing child support

Upload your Child Support documents online

Use your Child Support online account or the Express Plus Child Support mobile app to upload and submit documents.

1. Child health and safety
2. Wellbeing

Support for foster carers and other non-parent carers

We support foster carers, grandparents, kinship carers and informal carers who provide ongoing care for a child.

Overdrawn bank account

You can get help to access your money if you have an overdrawn bank account.