76516 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Garnishment, Centrelink
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Child support: understand how child support is assessed and administered, understand how and when a change of assessment in special circumstances or a departure order will be made. Australia: applications for maintenance other than by way of periodic payments, child support scheme applies to children under 18 and are not married or de facto. The application is to be made by a parent or an eligible carer. Under 12 generally less payment: deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)e ea(cid:272)h pare(cid:374)t"s le(cid:448)el of (cid:272)are (cid:373)easured i(cid:374) (cid:374)ights of the (cid:272)hildre(cid:374). Eg. one night per week, this is 1/7 aka 14% of the care time eg. 24% of the cost of children through one night of care. Care and cost table: establish the child support percentage subtract the cost percentage from their income percentage, eg. cost percentage of 24% for one night of the child from the 75% cost percentage, Angelo needs to pay 51% of the combined child support income.
