Colenzo and Colenzo (Child support)

This matter concerned an application by Mr Colenzo to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision regarding his child support liability. The dispute centred on Mr Colenzo's applications to have his child support payments reduced from the minimum annual rate to nil for two specific periods: 18 June to 2 November 2020 and 24 February to 28 August 2022.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether Mr Colenzo's applications to reduce his child support liability to nil for the specified periods should be granted. This required the Tribunal to consider the particulars of the administrative assessment and the circumstances under which a minimum annual rate could be reduced to nil.

The Tribunal set aside the previous decisions under review. In substituting its own decision, the Tribunal refused Mr Colenzo's applications to reduce his child support liability to nil for the periods in question. The Tribunal's decision was delivered orally on 29 September 2022.