At Amanda Little & Associates we can assist you with all aspects of child support including:
Financial Support for children in Australia in generally determined by an administrative Assessment of child support. The Assessment is made using the formula as Set out in the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 (CTH). This is a complex formula that takes into account the percentages of care, the parties incomes and financial dependents.
Information contained in the child support register about the parties’ common children and care arrangements can be disputed by lodging objection. The parties are also able to apply for a departure from the formula assessed in special circumstance.
Please contact us for relevant advice and help in reaching a resolution for your property settlement on 02 4761 6935
Parents are able to contract out of the provisions of the scheme – i.e. the “assessable amount” through a child support agreement. There are two types of child support agreements:
Binding Child Support agreements allow parties to vary the assessment or even set aside the assessment and enter into new agreed terms which can include:
