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Child Support Payments

When you’ve broken up with your partner and are trying to support the kids as well, it can be hard to make money stretch. Child Support is administered by the government to help both you and your ex-partner contribute financially to your children’s upbringing.

Child Support Obligations
Obligations for paying child support when also supporting other children.

Provided by Work and Income, a service of the Ministry of Social Development helping job seekers and paying income support on behalf of the Government.

Child Support Payments
Child support is money paid by parents who are not living with their children, to help financially support them.

Provided by Inland Revenue, who administer a number of social support programmes.

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