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Community Legal Centres are a good place to go to for information and help in legal matters.  They have lawyers available at no cost.  If English is not your first language, interpreters are available so that you understand all the details.

 

Child support 

Child Support is money that is paid by one parent to the other to support the child when the parents are separated.  To claim child support from the father of a child born outside of marriage it must be proven who the father is. 

The Family Law Act recognises fatherhood if:

  • The parents are married 

  • The father’s name is on the birth certificate 

  • The father formally admits that he is the father, or 

  • It is proven in court 


To establish Proof of Paternity, the man must have lived together (but they were not married) with the child's mother at any time during the period beginning 44 weeks & ending 20 weeks before the child's birth.

Child Support Services of Legal Aid Victoria help parents with problems getting or paying child support (e.g. pay the cost for DNA testing).

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Victoria Legal Aid (Ringwood)
9259 5444 
 www.vla.vic.gov.au 
(internet connection required)

Eastern Community Legal Service
9762 6235

Lawstuff
 www.lawstuff.org.au
(internet connection required)

Child Support Agency
13 12 72

Child Support Service (CSS), Legal Aid VIC
9259 5444

 Family Relationship Advice Line
1800 050 321