My Family AgreementsChild support agreements
How it works

From the first question to a signed agreement

Making an agreement here has four parts, and they happen in this order. Each parent does their own part from their own account.
  1. Part 1Answer the questionsYou
    You choose binding or limited, then answer questions about yourself, your children and the child support you’ve agreed, including regular payments and costs like school fees. Your answers save as you go, so you can stop and come back.
  2. Part 2Add their sideThe other parent
    We email the other parent an invitation. They create their own account, add their details and see what you’ve entered, so you’re both working from the same information.
  3. Part 3Independent legal adviceEach parent’s own lawyer
    For a binding agreement, each parent is matched with a different lawyer from our panel. Your lawyer goes through the draft with you and signs the certificate the law requires. Limited agreements skip this part, although either parent can still get advice.
  4. Part 4Read and signBoth of you
    You both read the finished agreement before anyone signs. Signing happens online, and each of you keeps a copy.
Before you start

What to have ready

  • Each child’s full name and date of birth.
  • Your address, as it should appear in the agreement.
  • Details of any child support assessment from Services Australia, including the reference number if you have one, and of any existing child support agreement or court order.
  • What you’ve agreed about payments: how much, how often and who pays for things like school fees.
  • The other parent’s email address, so we can invite them.
Two kinds of agreement

Binding and limited agreements

Includes legal advice

Binding child support agreement

Sets child support at an amount you both agree on, which can be more or less than an assessment would set.

  • Before signing, each parent gets independent legal advice from a different lawyer on our panel, who signs a certificate to confirm it.
  • It stays in place until you replace it with a new agreement or end it together, or until a court sets it aside.
  • Neither parent can change it on their own.
Assessment needed first

Limited child support agreement

Sets child support at or above the amount in a child support assessment that is already in place.

  • A child support assessment has to be in place before you make it.
  • The amount can’t be lower than the assessment.
  • Legal advice isn’t required, although either parent can still get it.
  • Once it has run for three years, either parent can end it by giving notice.

You choose the type when you start, and the questions that follow are the ones that type needs. See how it works

Start with the questions

Your answers save as you go, so you can stop and come back at any time before you invite the other parent.