Child support is money paid by parents who do not live with their children, or who share care with someone else.
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Overview
An overview of what child support is, who can get it, and how it works.
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Types of child support
Sort out your own child support payments with the other parent or carer, or we can manage them for you.
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Can you get child support?
You can apply for child support if your child qualifies, at least 1 parent can be required to pay, and the child lives with 1 carer for at least 35% of the time.
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How much child support you might get or pay
Work out how much you might get or pay with a child support formula assessment, and see the costs and rates the formula is based on.
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Managing payments
Check your child support payments and entitlements online, deal with overdue payments, and set up payment plans.
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Changes to family, job and income
Your child support payments or entitlement can be affected by changes to your income or living situation.
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Stopping child support
Child support can end automatically, you can cancel it, or you can choose not to collect child support owed to you, including by writing it off.
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Overseas child support
You can apply for child support and arrange to make payments from overseas.
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Disagreeing with your child support
Apply to have your child support reviewed, object to a decision we've made, or apply for an exemption to stop paying it entirely.