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Parenting plans Parenting plans are written plans that can include an agreement about the amount of time the children will be in each parent’s care. A parenting plan doesn’t need to spell out the exact arrangements for every night in the year; parents can agree on what the care percentage will be. A parenting plan is the best way for parents who have significant and regular daytime care to have it recognised in their assessment. While generally the formula is based on care measured by number of nights, in some circumstances it has the flexibility to cover the very small number of customers who have significant regular daytime caring responsibilities and no night time responsibilities. If you have an arrangement like this, we recommend you and the other parent make a parenting plan and provide a copy to us. If a parent misses a day or two of care, due to illness or other circumstances, it will not necessarily have an effect on child support. This is because the child support formula is based on broad ranges of care levels. Usually a small variation in the level of care will not affect the amount of child support. If you have a current parenting plan and we have a copy of it, we can base your care levels in your child support assessment on the plan. If your care arrangements change, we recommend you try to make a new parenting plan. Read more...Formula: Parenting plans - Child Support Agency (CSA) |
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