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Child Support Act 1991

Liability to pay child support under formula assessment - Persons who are principal providers of care or who share care substantially equally

11: Multiple applications in single form

You could also call this:

“You can ask for child support for more than one child on one form”

You can use a single form to apply for child support for more than one child. The government can treat this as separate applications for each child.

If you’re asking for child support from both parents for one or more children on the same form, the government can treat this as separate applications too. They’ll consider it as a separate request for each child from each parent you’re seeking support from.

This rule makes it easier for you to apply for child support for multiple children or from multiple parents without having to fill out lots of separate forms.

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Part 1 Liability to pay child support under formula assessment
Persons who are principal providers of care or who share care substantially equally

11Multiple applications in single form

  1. If an application for a formula assessment is made on a single form in respect of 2 or more children, the form may be treated as if it contained separate applications for formula assessment of child support for each child.

  2. Subsection (3) applies if—

  3. an application is made on a single form for child support in respect of 1 child or 2 or more children; and
    1. payment of child support is sought from both parents of the child or any of the children.

      1. When this subsection applies, the form may be treated as if it contained separate applications for a formula assessment of child support in respect of the child or each of the children from a parent from whom payment of child support is sought.

      Notes
      • Section 11: replaced, on , by section 10 of the Child Support Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 12).