Dioli and Araujo (Child support)

This matter concerned an appeal by Dioli against a decision of the Child Support Registrar regarding an administrative assessment of child support. The dispute centred on the Registrar's refusal to accept Dioli's estimated income for the purposes of the assessment.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the Registrar had erred in refusing to accept Dioli's estimate of his income, and consequently, whether the administrative assessment should be set aside or varied. The court was required to consider the criteria for accepting an estimated income under the relevant legislation.

The court affirmed the Registrar's decision, finding that the estimate provided by Dioli was not sufficiently reliable to displace the Registrar's assessment of his likely actual income. The Registrar had applied the correct legal principles in determining that the estimate did not meet the threshold for acceptance, and the court found no error in that determination.