Lyon v Wilcox - [1994] 3 NZLR 422

Family and domestic relationships — Young people — Maintenance — Child support — Departure order — Whether validly made — Whether mother's husband's income to be taken into account - "Special circumstances" - "Duty" - Whether mother's husband had a duty to maintain child — Whether special circumstances justified taking his income into account — Whether there were special circumstances making application of formula assessment unjust — Whether special circumstances in s 105(2)(c) of the Child Support Act 1991 went beyond economic matters — Powers of Court of Appeal — Child Support Act 1991, ss 4, 5, 8, 25, 29, 88, 99, 104, 105(1)(b)(i), 105(2)(a), 105(2)(c)(i), 105(5)(b), 120(1), (4), (5) and 125.