Reiner and Wellbourn (Child support)

This matter concerned an appeal by Reiner (the applicant) against a decision of the Child Support Registrar concerning the percentage of care for a child. The dispute centred on whether there had been a change in the child's care arrangements and, specifically, whether the child was in the care of the child's grandparents. The appeal was heard by Member S Letch of the relevant tribunal.

The primary legal issue before the tribunal was to determine whether the Registrar's decision regarding the percentage of care was correct, particularly in light of the applicant's assertion that the child was in the care of the grandparents. This required the tribunal to assess the evidence presented regarding the actual care arrangements for the child and whether these arrangements constituted a change in care sufficient to alter the assessed percentage of care.

The tribunal reviewed the evidence and found that the Registrar's decision had failed to properly consider the evidence relating to the child's care by the grandparents. Member Letch determined that there had been a change in the child's care arrangements, and that the child was indeed in the care of the grandparents. Consequently, the tribunal set aside the decision under review and substituted its own decision.