Wilder and Child Support Registrar (Child support)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered the dispute between Wilder and the Child Support Registrar concerning the application of an interim period in the calculation of child support.

The Tribunal was required to determine whether an interim period should be applied in this matter, specifically in circumstances where no care arrangement had been put in place.

The Tribunal reasoned that the legislative intent behind the interim period provisions was to address situations where a change in care arrangements had occurred but had not yet been formally registered or implemented. In the absence of any care arrangement being put in place, the Tribunal concluded that the conditions for applying the interim period were not met. Consequently, the decision under review, which did not apply the interim period, was affirmed.