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Case Reports - Family Law Parent finally pays A client of our Child Support Service had approached us several times over the past few years for help in getting the father of her child to pay maintenance. The father had paid nothing for 11 years and kept producing statements from Centrelink showing he was unemployed. Although insisting she knew the father had work as a tow-truck driver, our client would then instruct us to take no further action. This year she came back to see us with photos of the father showing him driving a tow truck at the scene of a car accident. When we took the matter to court, the Magistrate was satisfied that the father could pay $80 a week in maintenance (and $75 a week whilst receiving unemployment benefits!) This outcome challenges the commonly held presumption that parents receiving Centrelink benefits should pay no (or very low) child maintenance. Needless to say, after doing without any financial support from the father of her 11 year old son ever since the child’s birth, our client was more than satisfied with this result. Back to full list of case reports |
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