Forster and Joseph (Child support)

The case of *Forster and Joseph* concerned a dispute over the percentage of care arrangements for a child. The applicant, Forster, sought to have the existing percentage of care determinations revoked and new determinations made. The respondent, Joseph, opposed this application. The matter came before Judicial Officer Thomson M.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether there had been a change to the likely pattern of care for the child that would justify revoking the existing percentage of care determinations and making new ones. This required the court to assess the evidence presented by both parties regarding the actual care arrangements and the anticipated future care arrangements for the child.

Judicial Officer Thomson M considered the evidence of both parties and applied the principles of the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988* concerning changes to care arrangements. The court found that there had been a material change to the likely pattern of care. Consequently, the existing percentage of care determinations were revoked, and new determinations were made. The decision under review was set aside and substituted with the new determinations.