Completing child support forms with Centrelink 277-51140000
Expand allThis document outlines general information about forms used by family assistance and Child Support in relation to child support. It contains separate procedures that give detailed information about completing the various forms.
Customer contact with Child Support
Customers are to contact Child Support directly, either 
online or by phone, to apply for a child support assessment, and to advise a change in circumstances that could affect their child support arrangements. This allows the Child Support Officer to check that all necessary details are obtained and that the customer is given advice about their child support options. Refer the customer to Child Support. For contact details, see Child Support.
Advice on completing forms
Many customers who claim child support payments through Child Support are also Centrelink customers. Their efforts to receive child support and the amount of child support they receive can affect their rate of Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A. Centrelink has a duty to ensure that these customers are given accurate advice about how to complete forms to claim child support and advise details of their circumstances in relation to child support/maintenance.
Centrelink delivers services on behalf of Child Support. Centrelink accepts Child Support forms from customers and forwards them to Child Support for processing. Family assistance customers may need to lodge the forms with Centrelink to show they are taking reasonable action to receive child support.
The Resources page contains contact details for Child Support.
Contents
Completing the Child Support Statutory Declarations (CS4649 and CS4648)
Completing the Ending a child support assessment (CS1671)
Related links
Receipt of claims, forms and documentation for family assistance
Centrelink processes and action relating to Child Support