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Child Support Agency
Address
Level 6, 100 King William St, Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia
Telephone
13 1272 (General)
1800 062 610 (Complaints)
1800 631 187 (TTY)
13 11 07 (24 hours)
1800 062 610 (Complaints)
1800 631 187 (TTY)
13 11 07 (24 hours)
Website
Postal Address
GPO Box 9815, Adelaide, SA 5001 Australia
- Mount Gambier - Centrelink, 5 Percy St, Mount Gambier 5290
- Port Augusta - Centrelink, 99 Commercial Rd, Port Augusta 5700
Parent Body
Australian Government Department of Human Services
Hours
Mon - Fri 8.30am - 4.45pm
Eligibility
Most services, including the collection of maintenance under administrative assessments or child support agreements, are provided for parents whose children were born or who separated on or after 1 October 1989. The agency also undertakes the collection of maintenance under a court order or court registered agreement for parents whose children were born and who separated before 1 October 1989
Access
For wheelchairs, including toilets
Comment
Helps separated parents to transfer payments for the benefit of their children. The Child Support Agency does not deal with residence or contact for children (including parenting plans, property settlement or calculation of spousal maintenance). These issues are addressed by the Family Court of Australia, Adelaide Registry and Federal Magistrates Court - South Australian Registries
Services
- Registration of maintenance for court orders, court registered agreements, administrative assessments and child support agreements
- Calculation and review of administrative assessments for child support - including changing child support assessments in special circumstances
- Collection and payment of registered maintenance
- Provision of child support advice and information to clients
- Child Support Agency Information Service - 24 hour automated telephone service provides information about child support accounts, tel. 13 11 07
