Meagher and Meagher (Child support)

The case of *Meagher and Meagher* concerned an application to extend a child support assessment beyond the eighteenth birthday of the child. The applicant sought this extension on the basis that the child was undertaking full-time secondary education at the time of his eighteenth birthday.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the child was indeed in full-time secondary education on his eighteenth birthday, a prerequisite for extending the child support assessment under the relevant legislation. The court was required to determine if the evidence presented satisfied this criterion.

The court considered the evidence regarding the child's enrolment and attendance at a secondary school. Applying the principles of the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988*, the court found that the child was in full-time secondary education on his eighteenth birthday. Consequently, the court determined that the application to extend the child support assessment should be accepted. The decision under review was set aside and substituted with the finding that the child support assessment could be extended.