Honarth and Honarth (Child support)

The case of *Honarth and Honarth* concerned a dispute over the percentage of care arrangements for a child. The applicant sought to have the existing percentage of care determinations revoked and new determinations made. The matter was heard by J 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. This required the court to assess the evidence presented regarding the current care arrangements and to determine if these arrangements constituted a significant and ongoing alteration from the previously established pattern.

J Thomson M considered the evidence and applied the principles governing the assessment of percentage of care under the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988*. The court found that the evidence supported a change in the likely pattern of care. Consequently, the existing percentage of care determinations were revoked, and new determinations were made reflecting the altered care arrangements.