Author: Andrew Lancaster

Dr Andrew Lancaster is the project lead and editor of Child Support Australia. He has worked with parents for many years, explaining how the child support system works in practice, responding to real cases, and advocating for fairer, more workable outcomes for children and parents.

  • Above Primary Care

    Above primary care means one parent has a care percentage over 86% and a cost percentage of 100%. The other parent is treated as contributing purely through payments, and so is required to pay the maximum amount subject to income constraints. Definition The child support formula uses 5 different terms to describe care. Above primary…