On 1 July 2018, amendments to the Child
Support (Assessment) Act 1989 were made which have the
potential to affect you if you have a current Binding Child Support
Agreement with your ex-partner.
These recently introduced changes will affect you if under your
Child Support Agreement, the parent receiving child support
("payee parent") is caring for a child across less than
35% of all overnight stays. If this is the case, the payee
parent is no longer considered to be an "eligible carer"
under the relevant legislation, and is in turn no longer eligible
to receive child support payments.
If this is the case, the
Binding Child Support Agreement may be suspended for 28 days -
although it is important to note that this period of suspension can
be extended to 26 weeks in circumstances where:
