Child support and parentage testing

This booklet is for anyone who has a child and is not living with that child’s other parent.

It has information about:

• what is needed to prove whether a person is or is not a parent of a child
• child support and child maintenance
• applying to the Child Support Agency
• how to get child support where proof of parentage is needed
• what to do if you disagree with a notice to pay child support
• where to get help.

Published: September 2007
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New law

Since this booklet was published there have been changes to the law. Please check the following updates. 

Child support – new law

The formula for payment of child support has changed to reflect the actual cost of raising a child.

Resolving family disputes – new law

People who have a dispute over children have to make a genuine effort to sort this out before they apply to the Family or Federal Magistrates courts.

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