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Child Support Act 1991

Liability to pay child support under formula assessment - General principles concerning liability to pay child support

7B: Assumptions about parents of child

You could also call this:

“What the government thinks about a child's parents when working out child support”

When figuring out child support, the government usually thinks a child has two parents who don’t live together. This is what they use to work out how much child support should be paid.

But if the government finds out this isn’t true for a child, they can change how they work things out. They’ll adjust their calculations to match what’s really happening in that child’s family.

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Part 1 Liability to pay child support under formula assessment
General principles concerning liability to pay child support

7BAssumptions about parents of child

  1. The Commissioner is entitled to assume, for the purposes of a formula assessment, that a qualifying child has 2 parents, and that those parents are living apart.

  2. However, if the Commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that either of those assumptions is incorrect, the Commissioner must apply the provisions of this Act, with any necessary modifications, to reflect the true position as determined by the Commissioner.

Notes
  • Section 7B: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Child Support Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 12).