child support
CHILD SUPPORT Parents have a responsibility to maintain their children’s welfare as part of their parental duty , this is recognized by the Commonwealth Parliament. Significant changes have been made to the law dealing with child support. Before these changes, the financial support of the child was called maintenance. The current system of payment of financial support is known as child support. ... ) Australia’s Child Support Scheme was introduced by the Labor Government in 1988. This includes a formula defining the amount of child support that non-resident parents must pay resident parents. The child support is calculated as a percentage of their taxable income, in accordance with the number of children the person is being asked to support. The percentages are as follows: 1 child- 18% 2 children- 27% 3 children- 32% 4 children- 34% 5 or more children- 36% The previous legislation to today was that: if you separated before 1st October 1989 and all your children were born before that date, you must ask the family court to order how much child support is to be paid until turns 18. A court may also order child support to be paid for a child who has turned 18. Then you select one of the following options: · Register the court order with CSA and ask CSA to collect the child support.