CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 79 Recovery of amounts of child support

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 79

    An amount of child support due and payable by a liable parent to a carer entitled to child support is a debt due and payable by the liable parent to the carer, and may be sued for and recovered in:

  (a)   a court having jurisdiction for the recovery of debts up to the amount of the child support; or

  (b)   a court having jurisdiction under this Act.

Note:   Amounts covered by section   30 of the Registration and Collection Act are debts due to the Commonwealth.