Willoughby and Willoughby (Child support)

The matter of *Willoughby and Willoughby* concerned an appeal to the Child Support Registrar regarding the registration of an overseas maintenance liability, specifically in relation to alleged arrears. The appellant, Willoughby, sought to have these arrears registered.

The primary legal issue before the Registrar was whether the overseas maintenance liability, as it pertained to the claimed arrears, should have been registered under the relevant legislation. This required an assessment of the nature of the overseas order and whether it created a registrable liability for arrears in Australia.

The Registrar determined that no arrears were payable under the overseas maintenance liability. Consequently, the decision under review, which had presumably allowed for the registration of these arrears, was varied. The outcome was that the overseas maintenance liability, in respect of the claimed arrears, was not to be registered.