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CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 35 Formula 1: Method statement using incomes of both parents in single child support case with no non - parent carer

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 35

Formula 1: Method statement using incomes of both parents in single child support case with no non - parent carer

    This is how to work out the annual rate of child support payable for a child for a day in a child support period if no non - parent carer has a percentage of care for the child for the day.

Method statement

Step 1.   Work out each parent's child support income for the child for the day (see section   41).

Step 2.   Work out the parents' combined child support income for the child for the day (see section   42).

Step 3.   Work out each parent's income percentage for the child for the day (see section   55B).

Step 4.   Work out each parent's percentage of care for the child for the day (see Subdivision B of Division   4 of Part   5).

Step 5.   Work out each parent's cost percentage for the child for the day (see section   55C).

Step 6.   Work out each parent's child support percentage for the child for the day (see section   55D).

Step 7.   Work out the costs of the child for the day under sections   55G and 55H.

Step 8.   If a parent has a positive child support percentage under step 6, the annual rate of child support payable by the parent for the child for the day is worked out using the formula:

  Start formula Parent's child support percentage for the child for the day times Costs of the child for the day end formula

Note:   If a parent's percentage of care for a child is more than 65%, the parent's annual rate of child support for the child is nil (see section   40C).