Information for payers about child support overpayments 277-04260010

If a payer asks Child Support not to enforce recovery of an overpayment, remove the overpaid amount or balance from the Register.

If a payer has overdue child support, any money available from an overpayment repayment will be used to pay the debt. Any residual amounts will be refunded to the payer. The payer will receive written notification of this action.

A payer can ask Child Support to recover the overpayment. Child Support can only refund the payer after receiving funds from the payee repaying the overpayment. Once this occurs payments are auto-paid to the payer if Child Support has the payer’s bank account details.