My family is separating — what now?
- Emotional support
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Family violence support
- Are your children at risk?
- Child abuse
- Family violence orders
- Handing over children where there's potential for conflict or violence
- Planning ahead
- Support for children
- Support for me
- What the police can do
- What to do if you or your children are in danger
- What happens if you leave the family home
- What to do if you suspect child abuse
- Financial support
- Legal support
Child Support For Grandchildren
As a grandparent, you can apply for a child support assessment if you care for a child 128 nights or more a year (35 per cent or more care). As a non–parent carer you must apply for child support from both parents except where:
- one parent is not a resident of Australia or a reciprocating jurisdiction,
- one parent is deceased, or
- CSA is satisfied there are special circumstances, for example, the other parent is unknown.
The Child Support Scheme is administered by the Child Support Agency (CSA). The CSA will calculate a child support assessment based on the child support formula.
Child support payments and family assistance are closely linked. If you receive child support, your family assistance will be calculated according to how much child support you receive.
Resources
- Find out everything you need to know about child support from The Parents Guide to Child Support.
- The child support and family assistance estimator allows you to calculate an estimate of what your new child support and family assistance payments might be.
- Care estimator allows you to estimate the care percentage to be used in estimating child support payments.
- The Support for Grandparents page has a list of support services for grandparents.