Talfourd and Talfourd (Child support)

This matter concerned an application for a departure determination under the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988* (Cth). The applicant sought to depart from the child support assessment made in relation to the respondent. The Senior Member of the court was required to consider whether a ground for departure was established, and if so, whether to make a departure determination.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the liable parent's income, property, and financial resources were such that the assessment did not make proper or adequate provision for the child. This involved an examination of the liable parent's financial circumstances and whether these circumstances warranted a departure from the standard assessment.

The Senior Member found that a ground for departure was established, specifically that the liable parent's income, property, and financial resources were not adequately reflected in the assessment. The court reasoned that the liable parent possessed significant financial resources that were not being taken into account by the existing assessment. Consequently, the court set aside the original departure determination and substituted its own, ordering a departure from the assessment.