Aleema, PremSmyth, BruceVnuk, Maria2021-02-140817-623Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/222858This is the first article in a three-part series examining ‘private’ child support arrangements in Australia. This brief primer sets out the basic ‘nuts and bolts’ of administrative assessments and the provisions for formal child support agreements that can be accepted by the Child Support Registrar. It also sets out the options for parents to make ‘informal’ agreements that do not conform with the official child support register. This piece acts as useful technical background to the two accompanying empirical articles by the authors in this issue.application/pdfen-AU© 2020 Reed International Books Australia Pty Limited2020-10-302020-11-08