Registration of overseas maintenance liabilities (excluding New Zealand) 277-08020000

Example

Order is in a different currency to the currency used by the Overseas Authority.

If the order is made in a different currency to the currency used by the Overseas Authority or jurisdiction, you must use the currency the order was made in to calculate the ongoing liability or arrears when converting to AUD.

For any payments made towards the arrears, you must use the currency the payments were made in when converting to AUD.

Scenario

A request to register an overseas maintenance liability for an ongoing periodic amount, and arrears is received from the Central Authority in California, USA. The overseas maintenance liability is a French Court order made in 2018 and specifies that an amount of 700 Euro per month is payable for child maintenance.

The Central Authority in California is requesting recognition of the ongoing liability, and arrears from 2020. There is an arrears statement included, that lists the amount due, and partial payments made. This statement is in USD.

Although we have received the request from California, the basis of the overseas liability is the French order which is stated in Euro. The ongoing liability, and the arrears due from 2020, is to be converted from Euro to AUD, using the exchange rate on the day the application was received.

As payments towards the arrears were made in USD, these payments are to be converted from USD to AUD, using the exchange rate on the day the application was received.

Note: if a currency is obsolete or no longer in use, and an exchange rate is not available for the date the application is received, seek help from an SSO. It may be necessary to seek program advice on the appropriate currency to use.