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Your case

How to manage your maintenance, resolve disputes and keep us in the picture.
In this section:
This section is for our existing clients - non-resident parents and parents with care who have already applied to us for child maintenance.
When things change
Let us know about any changes in your life.
  • Work and money
  • Location
  • Family circumstances
Paying your way
How you can pay, and what your schedule means.
Disputing parentage
What to do if you don't think you are the parent.
Check maintenance
"I don't agree..."
If you aren't happy with your maintenance calculation, you can Request a review or an appeal
How DNA testing works
How we check who a child's parents are - and what it costs. To find out more read our Disputing parentage page
  • The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Division



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