Who is this service for?

For you if you are currently receiving child assistance and you have a change in conjugal status.

Examples:

• marriage
• civil or de facto (common law) union
• legal or de facto separation
• divorce
• dissolution of civil union

Attention!

Be sure to notify the Régie as soon as possible of any change in custody resulting from your new conjugal status.

What are the advantages of our online service?

You can:

• eliminate postal delays
• immediately obtain a confirmation that your request has been received

How to use this service

To authenticate your identity, we will ask for your social insurance number (SIN) and that of your spouse, if any.

If one of you does not have a SIN, contact one of our information clerks.

Some practical advice

Death of a spouse

If you declared the death of your spouse to the Registrar of Civil Status you do not have to notify us. The change will be made automatically.

Conjugal breakdown

You are considered to be without a spouse if you have been living apart for at least 90 days following the breakdown of your union. Wait until then before notifying us of the change.

Union

• You are considered to have a spouse if you are married, in a civil union or have a de facto spouse.

     You are considered to have a de facto spouse :

• when you have been living with that person for at least 12 months. Wait until then before notifying us of the change;
  or
• when the person with whom you are living is the biological or adoptive father or mother of at least one of your children.
• Child assistance is paid to only one person in the family. If your new spouse is already entitled, we will apply one of the following rules:
  • The payment will be made to the parent who has the largest number of eligible children.
  • If you and your new spouse have the same number of children, payment will be made to the spouse who has the youngest child. However, if the new couple has a child, the payments will be made to the mother of that child.

Related information

• Sign up for Direct Deposit.
• Choose the most convenient payment frequency : quarterly or monthly .
• The payment date for child assistance is the first working day of each quarter or month.
• Use CalculAide to estimate the amounts that could be payable to you.
• To find out more, go to the Child assistance section.

Think green!

By using the Régie's online services, you can help reduce:

• the use of paper and ink
• the production of greenhouse gases

Access to documents held by public bodies and the protection of personal information

The personal information collected on this online service is needed to study your application. Failure to provide this information may result in a delay or a refusal to process your application.

Only authorized employees have access to your information, and it is only disclosed to other persons or agencies for verification in cases provided for by law. It can also be used for research, assessment, analysis or survey purposes.

The Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information allows you to consult your personal information and have it corrected.