Helping customers apply for child support through Centrelink 277-51010000

Policy

Family Assistance Guide, 3.1.5.30, Taking reasonable maintenance action

Family Assistance Guide, 3.1.6.40, Child support assessments

Family Assistance Guide, 3.1.5.25, Who is entitled to apply for maintenance

Child Support Guide 2.1.1: Applications for assessment

Child Support Guide 2.1.3: Parentage

Legislation

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Maintenance Action Test

Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A is limited to the base rate for a child if the customer or their partner is entitled to take action to obtain child support for the child but does not take reasonable action. See A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, schedule 1, clause 10, Effect of maintenance rights

Eligibility for a child support assessment

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

• Part 3 - Children who may be covered by Act
• Part 4 - Applications to Registrar for administrative assessment of child support

Eligibility for Child Support collection

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

• section 17, Liabilities in relation to children that are registrable maintenance liabilities
• section 18, Liabilities in relation to parties to marriages that are registrable maintenance liabilities
• section 19, Exclusion of liabilities by regulation