DB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: [2025] UKUT 027 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 21 January 2025
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Judicial Summary
This decision is about whether the Appellant father has 鈥榙ay to day鈥� care of his children to a lesser extent than their mother does for the purposes of assessing his liability to pay child support. The Upper Tribunal gives guidance to the First-tier Tribunal about: a. the legal test the tribunal must apply to decide whether one parent provides 鈥渄ay to day care鈥� in respect of a child to a lesser extent than another parent, b. fact finding, and c. what a tribunal needs to say in its reasons for them to be adequate in appeals like this one.