Family and children
Organising records after your family grows
Track registration, health, payments and employment for each event.
Category
Family and children
Information for families, parents and childbirth, with links to official authorities.
Guides in this category
Choose a guide that fits your situation. Check conditions and sources before taking a binding action.
Family and children
Checking a child's health-fund registration
Verify automatic allocation, transfer to the other parent's fund and missing records.
Family and children
Checking rights as a single parent
Map school grants, rent assistance and tax matters separately.
Family and children
Checking parental rights after separation
Coordinate contact records, child allowance and health services separately from parental-status decisions.
Family and children
Checking rights when a baby is hospitalised
Gather hospital dates and check maternity-benefit extension, splitting and follow-up care.
Family and children
Checking rights for a family with a disabled child
Map benefit claims, functional evidence and separate services.
Family and children
Checking the birth grant
Check conditions, automatic payments, claim exceptions and actual receipt.
Family and children
Checking rights following adoption
Distinguish adoption grant, income-replacing benefit and registration.
Family and children
Seeking help for a family in crisis
Describe urgency and contact local social services, separately from legal disputes.
Family and children
Requesting a change to a minor's details
Distinguish correcting an error from changing a child's first name.
Family and children
Enquiring about a government service for parents
Choose the responsible body and track evidence without confusing complaints and appeals.
Family and children
Reporting a birth to the relevant authorities
Check hospital reporting, parents' remaining actions and missing records.
Family and children
Preparing documents for a family-court claim
Identify the remedy, preliminary procedure, forms and evidence.
Family and children
Completing a child's Population Registry details
Complete a missing name and resolve discrepancies using original records.
Family and children
Checking recognised day-care subsidies
Confirm admission, both parents' application sections and document requests.
Family and children
Planning a child's move between education settings
Coordinate transfer approval, records and learning and care continuity.
Family and children
Preparing to register a child for day care
Check school year, application status and the separate subsidy process.
Family and children
Contacting family social services
Find the local department and prepare an initial enquiry and assessment.
Family and children
Registering a child's name and checking details
Use the newborn-name service and verify the Population Registry record.
Family and children
Checking child allowance after a birth
Check automatic payment and exceptions requiring a claim.
Family and children
After a birth: checking the birth grant and child allowance
A checklist for parents after a birth to check the birth grant, child allowance and actions with official authorities.
Family and children
Checking child allowance
How to find child allowance conditions and the actions required by National Insurance.
Family and children
A new baby: administrative tasks to check
Things to check after a birth, with links to the responsible official organisations.