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5.5 Payments to payees

Introduction

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.

WA ex-nuptial cases

The information in this chapter applies to WA ex-nuptial children. See 1.4 for details of the date from which various provisions have effect.

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