What is a child support agreement?

A child support agreement offers parents a flexible way of arranging child support. If you can both agree on how your children should be supported financially, you can make a child support agreement and ask us to accept it. You can ask us to collect and transfer child support payments, or you can do it without our help.

There are some conditions that must be met before we can accept a child support agreement. For example, parents who agree to less child support than the amount assessed under the child support formula can do so as long as they get legal advice.

There are two types of agreements:

• Limited agreements
• Binding agreements

Information is also available about:

• Agreements for lump sum payments
• An agreement's effect on Family Tax Benefit

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