What if an estimate is reconciled and the child support case has already ended?
In some circumstances, child support assessments may be amended after the case has ended. If the assessment was registered for CSA collection over the period of the estimate, any arrears created by the estimate reconciliation are still collectable by the CSA. This is child support which would have been payable to the receiving parent for the costs incurred caring for their child. If the parents transferred child support between themselves privately, the increase in the past assessment is payable directly to the receiving parent. While child support is payable to the receiving parent, the parties could negotiate how the payment will be made and, if agreed to by both parties, the payment could be made directly to the child of the case. The CSA appreciates that this debt relates to a period in the past and are sensitive to the fact that the paying parent’s financial situation may now be different. The CSA will take this into account when negotiating a repayment schedule with the parent.
