Palantine and Palantine (No 2)

In *Palantine and Palantine (No 2)*, the District Court of New South Wales considered an application by Mr Palantine to stay a child support assessment made by the Registrar. The dispute concerned the amount of child support payable by Mr Palantine pending the determination of his appeal to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether to grant a stay of the Registrar's child support assessment and, if so, on what terms. This involved considering the appropriate weekly amount to be paid by Mr Palantine during the period of the appeal.

The court exercised its power under section 111C of the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988* to grant the stay. It determined that Mr Palantine would pay $527 per week until the appeal was resolved. This amount was fixed irrespective of any future changes in his income or childcare arrangements and was not to be reduced by existing consent orders made on 8 February 2011.

The court ordered that the child support assessment be stayed on the specified terms, and that the matter was otherwise finalised.