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Thomas Thorpe v Hannah Brook [2016] NZFC 4728

Published 10 October 2016

Child support — departure from formula assessment of child support — whether weekly payments made prior to a formula assessment were child support payments — Child Support Act 1991, s 104. A departure order from the formula assessment was made as ground 9 was satisfied. That is that previous payments, double the amount ofthe assessable rate determined by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, were found to have been made for the benefit of the child. The payments had not been taken into account in the formula assessment. Judgment Date: 7 June 2016. * * * Note: names have been changed to comply with legal requirements. * * *