Payment cycles and due dates for child support

Here's what to expect if you pay or receive child support under a voluntary agreement or formula assessment.

The 1st payment

Once we accept a child support application or agreement, we send notices to each parent and receiving carer showing who should pay and how much.

The paying (liable) parent has 30 days to make the first monthly payment. Once we receive it, we'll pass it on promptly to the receiving carer.

If the paying parent is new to child support, in most cases their employer will deduct payments from their wages. Read about how to make payments as a paying parent.

Making payments

Ongoing payments

Payments are due to us by the 20th of the following month. If we're paid on time, we pass these on to the receiving carer by the 23rd of each month. 

For example, April payments are due to us by 20 May, and passed on to the receiving carer by 23 May.