Kennedy and Child Support Registrar (Child Support)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered the dispute between Kennedy and the Child Support Registrar concerning the percentage of care arrangements for a child. The applicant, Kennedy, sought to challenge the Registrar's decision to revoke existing percentage of care determinations and make new ones, which altered the care arrangements.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the Registrar had correctly determined that a change to the likely pattern of care had occurred, thereby justifying the revocation of the existing percentage of care determinations and the making of new ones. This involved assessing whether the evidence supported a finding that the child's living arrangements had shifted from the established pattern.

The Tribunal affirmed the Registrar's decision, finding that the evidence presented demonstrated a significant and likely ongoing change in the pattern of care. The Tribunal applied the principles of the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988* (Cth) regarding changes to care arrangements, concluding that the circumstances warranted the revocation of the previous determinations and the establishment of new percentages of care that accurately reflected the child's living situation.