The legal practitioner's guide : precedents for child support agreements and court orders.

Canberra : Australian Government Child Support Agency, 2004

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Lawyers -- Australia.

Child support -- Australia.

1. Departure orders or agreements that vary the child support assessment; 1.1. Summary: g1.1.(a) Departure orders; 1.1.(b) Child support agreements; 1.2 Suggested draft terms: 1.2(a) Setting the annual rate; 1.2(b) Indexing the amount payable; 1.2(c) Unemployment clauses; 1.2(d) Setting components of the formula; 1.2(e) A child's income; 1.2(f) Discharging orders; 2. Departure order or agreements that provide for a lump sum or payments to third parties; 2.1 Summary: 2.1(a) Departure orders; 2.1(b) Child support agreements; 2.2 Suggested draft terms: 2.2(a) Lump sum payments; 2.2(b) Payments to third parties; 2.2(c) The 25% rule; 2.2(d) Lump sums plus a fixed periodic amount; 2.2(e) Payments to third parties plus a fixed periodic amount; 3. Court orders about parentage/step-parents: 3.1 Summary; 3.2 Suggested draft terms: 3.2(a) Section 106 declarations; 3.2(b) Section 107 declarations; 3.2(c) Section 143 orders; 3.2(d) Orders under section 66M of the Family Law Act 1975; 4. Court orders staying the child support assessment pending proceedings: 4.1 Summary; 4.2 Suggested draft terms: 4.2(a) Stay order pending court proceedings; 4.2(b) Stay order pending a change of assessment decision.