Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 No. 124 of 1989 - SECT 3

3. (1) The parents of a child have the primary duty to maintain the child.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the duty of a parent to maintain a child:
(a) is not of lower priority than the duty of the parent to maintain any other
child or another person; and

   (b)  has priority over all commitments of the parent other than commitments
        necessary to enable the parent to support:

        (i)    himself or herself; and

        (ii)   any other child or another person that the parent has a duty to
               maintain; and

   (c)  is not affected by:

        (i)    the duty of any other person to maintain the child; or

        (ii)   any entitlement of the child or another person to an income
               tested pension, allowance or benefit.