Pittard and Pittard (Child support)

The applicant, Pittard, sought an extension of child support payments for their child beyond the child's eighteenth birthday. The respondent, also Pittard, opposed this application. The matter came before the court for review of a decision made by the Child Support Registrar.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the child was undertaking full-time secondary education on their eighteenth birthday, a prerequisite for extending child support payments beyond that age 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. It applied the principles established in the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988* concerning the conditions for extending child support assessments. The court found that the child was indeed in full-time secondary education on their eighteenth birthday, thereby meeting the statutory requirements for an extension. Consequently, the court set aside the previous decision of the Child Support Registrar and substituted it with its own determination.