Sloan and Sloan (Child support)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered the dispute between Sloan and Sloan concerning child support. The applicant sought to review a decision regarding the particulars of an administrative assessment of child support, specifically whether certain post-separation costs should be excluded from the adjusted taxable income for the last relevant year.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether an amount of income, which was not earned in the ordinary course after separation, should be excluded from the calculation of the applicant's adjusted taxable income for the purposes of the child support assessment.

The Tribunal reasoned that the income in question was not earned in the ordinary course of the applicant's post-separation financial activities. Applying the principles governing the calculation of adjusted taxable income for child support purposes, the Tribunal determined that this specific amount should indeed be excluded. Consequently, the Tribunal affirmed the decision under review.