Bevis and Child Support Registrar (Child support)

This matter concerned an appeal by Bevis against a decision of the Child Support Registrar. The dispute centred on the percentage of care arrangements for a child, with the Registrar having revoked existing percentage of care determinations and made new ones. Bevis contended that a child support terminating event had not occurred, thereby challenging the basis for the Registrar's revised determinations. The appeal was heard by W Budiselik M.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the circumstances constituted a child support terminating event, which would justify the revocation of existing percentage of care determinations and the making of new ones by the Child Support Registrar. This required an examination of the relevant provisions of the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988* (Cth) concerning changes to the likely pattern of care and the criteria for terminating existing care arrangements.

The court affirmed the decision under review, finding that the Registrar had correctly determined that a child support terminating event had taken place. This determination was based on the evidence presented regarding the actual and likely future pattern of care for the child, which indicated a significant change from the previously established arrangements. The court applied the principles governing the assessment of percentage of care and the conditions under which determinations could be revoked and new ones made, concluding that the Registrar's actions were lawful and appropriate in the circumstances.