Walford & Walford (No. 2)

The application before Cronin J in the Family Court of Australia concerned a wife's request for a departure from an administrative assessment made under the *Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989* (Cth). The specific nature of the dispute and the grounds for seeking the departure were not detailed in the provided text, but the application was brought by the wife.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the circumstances warranted a departure from the child support assessment as determined by the administrative process. This required the court to consider the criteria and legal tests established by the *Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989* (Cth) for varying an existing assessment.

Cronin J ordered that the wife's application seeking a departure from the administrative assessment be listed for a final hearing. The hearing was scheduled to take place at 10:00 am on 18 November 2008.