Victoria Legal Aid

Child support and the law

Published 2023-10-13

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 child support
  • your options if you are asked to pay child support
  • parentage testing
  • child support assessments
  • how child support payments can be made
  • questioning or changing child support
  • family violence and child support
  • where to get help.
Order free copies of this resource
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 16 October 2023