Part 5: Collecting child support

Chapter 5.1

CSA collection
This chapter describes when CSA will accept an application to collect child support, how CSA registers enforceable maintenance liabilities and the effect of registration.

Chapter 5.2

Administrative enforcement
This chapter describes CSA's administrative methods of collecting child support. These are actions that CSA can take in its own right to require payment of child support.

Chapter 5.3

Non-agency payments and offsetting liabilities
This chapter explains when CSA can apply amounts paid directly between parents or to a third party in satisfaction of a child support liability and also how CSA can offset child support debts between parents.

Chapter 5.4

Court enforcement
This chapter describes the methods available to CSA to enforce collection of child support through the courts. CSA will generally use the available administrative methods of enforcement before resorting to court action.

Chapter 5.5

Payments to payees
This chapter describes how and when payments of child support are made to payees. This chapter also explains when overpayments can be recovered from payees and when amounts overpaid can be refunded to payers.

Chapter 5.6

Ending and reapplying for CSA collection
This chapter explains when CSA will cease to collect an ongoing child support liability, including arrears of child support payable under that liability. It also explains when CSA will accept the payee's application for CSA to resume collection.

Chapter 5.7

Non-pursuit of debts
This chapter describes when CSA will not take action to collect a child support debt owed by a payer or payee.

Chapter 5.8

Obsolete entries
This chapter describes when CSA will not take action to collect a child support debt.