Claims for child support payments need to be assessed by the relevant child support agency where the child is resident. Australia and the United States have a bilateral agreement to enforce child support payments for parents resident in their country when the child is abroad.
There are 2 types of child support agreement, binding child support agreements and limited child support agreements. Once parents have made a child support agreement, either parent can apply to the Registrar to have it accepted.
There are options to contact Child Support, including sending an online message. Fax us on 1300 309 949 within Australia or +61 3 6216 0899 from outside Australia.
The Services Australia website has information to help parents understand the Child Support Scheme. The scheme includes a parent's guide to child support and a child support estimator . General enquiries can also be made by phoning 131 272.
The United States government has arrangements with other countries to provide child support services. These international child support agreements specify procedures for establishing and enforcing child support orders across borders.
Australia and the United States have a bilateral agreement to enforce child support payments for parents resident in their country when the child is abroad.
You will need to send a request to the International Family Law Section with three certified copies of the child order, and a certificate signed by an officer of a court or by some other authority in the country in which the order was made relating to the order.
The U.S. government has arrangements with these countries to provide child support services. Albania. Australia. Austria. Belarus. Belgium. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brazil. Bulgaria.