Category Child Support Agreements & Payment Arrangements

This article was written by Melinda Gao Pricipal Solicitor and Simone Garcia Solicitor at W & G Lawyers. 

In family law practice, few topics carry as much quiet resentment as child support. After enough of these conversations, the pattern is almost universal: one party thinks it is not enough, and the other party thinks they are paying too much. The remarkable thing is that both are usually sincere. The paying parent looks at the monthly transfer and feels stretched; the receiving parent looks at the school fees, the orthodontist’s quote and the swimming lessons and sees a number that does not come close.

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This article was written by Jialin Liu Solicitor at W & G Lawyers.

Following separation, parenting arrangements and child support are two separate legal issues. However, they are often confused.

Many parents assume that if care arrangements are shared equally, no child support will be payable. Others believe that the parent who spends more time caring for the children should automatically receive more financial support. Under Australian law, neither assumption is necessarily correct.

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