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A case in the Family Court involved a binding child support agreement.

A couple first started living together in 1994, were married in 1995 and had four children together.

They separated in 2006 and in February 2008, they entered parenting orders by consent, which provided that their youngest child would live with his mother and spend time with his father for five nights each fortnight during the school term and for half of the school holidays.

In July 2008, the parties entered into a binding child support agreement (BCSA) which provided that the father pay child support to the mother for the youngest child in the amount of $220 each week (indexed to inflation) until the child’s 18^th birthday.

A BCSA is a binding agreement that can only be changed or set aside by a court if exceptional circumstances have arisen.

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A right of carriageway is a form of easement which gives someone the right to access their property through the property of another person.

It is a full and free right for a person in whose favour the easement is created, and everyone authorised by that person, to go, pass and repass through the property that the right of carriageway is on, at all times and for all purposes, with or without animals or vehicles.