Yeager and Child Support Registrar (Child support)

This matter concerned an appeal by Yeager against a decision of the Child Support Registrar concerning the percentage of care for the parties' child. The dispute arose after Yeager provided 100% care for the child for a single, one-off period, which led to the revocation of existing percentage of care determinations and the making of new ones.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the one-off, 100% block of care constituted a change to the likely pattern of care for the child, thereby justifying the revocation and redetermination of the existing care percentages.

The court affirmed the Registrar's decision, finding that a one-off, 100% block of care, while significant, did not necessarily alter the *likely* pattern of care in a way that would warrant a permanent change to the established care percentages. The court applied the principles of the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988*, focusing on the ongoing and likely future pattern of care rather than isolated incidents. The court determined that the existing percentage of care determinations were correctly maintained.