YJYD and Child Support Registrar (Child support second review)

This matter concerned an appeal to the Child Support Registrar by YJYD against a decision of the Social Services and Child Support Division. The core of the dispute involved the percentage of care provided by each parent to the child during a relevant period, with YJYD seeking to revoke an existing care determination and have a new percentage of care attributed.

The Registrar was required to determine whether the existing care determination should be revoked and, if so, what new percentage of care should be attributed to YJYD. This involved assessing the evidence presented regarding the actual care arrangements for the child during the period in question.

Member Lee Benjamin found that the evidence supported a change in the care arrangements and that the existing determination was no longer accurate. The Registrar set aside the previous decision and substituted a new percentage of care, reflecting the revised assessment of the care provided by YJYD.