Song and Child Support Registrar (Child support)

This matter concerned an appeal by the father, Song, against a decision of the Child Support Registrar concerning the percentage of care for the parties' child. The dispute centred on the correct determination of the likely pattern of care from the commencement of the child support assessment.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether the Registrar had correctly assessed the likely pattern of care for the child, specifically whether the assessment accurately reflected the care arrangements from the point the child support assessment commenced.

The Court affirmed the decision of the Registrar. The reasoning applied was that the assessment of the likely pattern of care must be determined from the start of the child support assessment period. The Court found that the Registrar's decision was consistent with this principle and therefore upheld the assessment.