Walford and Walford (No 2)

In *Walford and Walford (No 2)*, Justice Cronin of the Family Court of Australia considered an application concerning the calculation of child support obligations for a father. The dispute involved specific assessments for child support for a child born in August 1997, covering various periods between February 2007 and September 2009.

The central legal issue before the court was to determine the appropriate child support income amount for the father for different assessment periods. This involved fixing specific annual income figures for the father to be used in the calculation of his child support obligations under the relevant legislation.

Justice Cronin reasoned that the child support income amount for the father should be fixed at $34,499 per annum for the period from 1 February 2007 to 30 June 2007, and $5,747 per annum for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 April 2008. Further, for the period from 1 May 2008 to 30 June 2008, the father's child support income amount was fixed at $5,747 per annum. For the subsequent assessment period from 1 July 2008 to 30 September 2009, the father's child support income amount was fixed at $18,200 per annum. The court also ordered that the wife's application filed on 28 November 2008 and the husband's response filed on 9 February 2009 were otherwise dismissed. Provisions were made for any applications relating to costs.