Storey and Storey (Child support)

The case of *Storey and Storey (Child Support)* concerned an application by the father, Mr Storey, to extend a child support assessment beyond his son's eighteenth birthday. The dispute arose because the child was approaching his eighteenth birthday, and the father sought to continue the assessment on the basis that the child would be undertaking full-time secondary education at that time. The matter came before Judicial Officer Leonard M.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the child was, or would be, in full-time secondary education on his eighteenth birthday, which is a prerequisite for extending a child support assessment beyond that age under the relevant legislation. The court was required to determine if the evidence presented satisfied this criterion.

Judicial Officer Leonard M reasoned that the application to extend the child support assessment should be accepted. The decision affirmed the initial assessment, indicating that the evidence presented satisfied the legislative requirements for an extension of child support beyond the child's eighteenth birthday, specifically that the child was undertaking full-time secondary education.