Child support and the law

Published 2020-02-01

About this booklet

This free booklet is for anyone who needs to ask for child support or has been asked to pay child support. It has information about:

applying for support
paying child support
parentage testing
child support payments and assessments
questioning or changing child support payments and assessments
family violence and child support
where to get help.

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Some of our publications have limits on how many copies you can order. If you need more copies, email cle@vla.vic.gov.au or phone (03) 9269 0234 and ask for the Community Legal Education team.

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Reviewed 28 June 2022