Privacy Act implications

In order to make a decision and give reasons for that decision, it may be necessary to disclose the personal information of one parent to the other parent.

This should be restricted to the information necessary to make an informed decision and comply with the legal requirement to give reasons for that decision.

If you need to interview the other parent, you should take care to inform the parent applying for benefit before contacting the other parent.

For more information see:

• Split care
• Court ordered split care arrangements
• No court ordered split care arrangement
• Determining whether a care arrangement is sanctioned by the Family Court
• Guidelines to the Privacy Act 2020
• When to consider Emergency Maintenance Allowance for split care [no link find out why]