Venson & Venson (No. 2)

In *Venson & Venson (No. 2)*, Justice Austin of the Supreme Court of New South Wales considered an application to set aside a child support agreement. The dispute concerned the validity and enforceability of a child support agreement entered into by the parties on 24 November 2000, which had been registered with the Child Support Registrar.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether the child support agreement should be set aside for a specified period. This required the Court to determine if the conditions for setting aside a registered child support agreement under the relevant legislation were met.

Justice Austin reasoned that the child support agreement was no longer in the best interests of the child and that it was appropriate to set it aside for the period between 11 March 2003 and 31 August 2006. The Court granted leave for the parties to provide a copy of the orders and reasons to the Child Support Registrar.

The Court ordered that the child support agreement be set aside for the specified period. All other outstanding applications, save for costs, were dismissed. Costs were reserved for 28 days, with provisions for the refund of monies paid to the Registry Manager if no costs application was filed within that timeframe.