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Support for separated parents

Posted on April 2, 2009, 2:02pm

Separated parents who experience a change in their financial and other circumstances are being encouraged to contact the Child Support Agency (CSA) to make sure their child support assessment accurately reflects their situation.

CSA South Australian manager Jim McMahon said the CSA recognised the current economic climate could put some pressure on parents.

“The CSA wants to work hard to support parents and ensure that assessments are accurate for the benefit of the children and the parents involved,” Mr McMahon said.

“It’s important that parents let the CSA know about a change in their circumstances as soon as possible, as changes to child support payments may not be able to be backdated and this can put both parents in financial distress.”

Parents can call 131 272 to speak to a customer service officer, or visit the CSA office at 5 Percy Street, Mount Gambier.

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One Response to “Support for separated parents”

  1. Mykln on April 3rd, 2009 10:17 pm 1

    uh huh… I waited 18 years for the CSA to collect $15,000 of non payment of child support.

    They were never able to collect one single dollar from a parent who was working a cash job the entire time.

    If the child support agency don’t have the power to collect what is owed, whats the point ?

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