Getting divorced is rarely a happy occasion, but many couples at least manage a civilised one. If you can come to a fair settlement without involving the courts and minimising lawyers, everyone will be better off, both financially and emotionally…

The federal government’s independent auditor has flagged an investigation of the $3.5 billion child support system, a move that could provide further ammunition for Pauline Hanson’s claim that the system is unfair to non-custodial parents…

A review of what ‘other’ payments can be accepted by Child Support where a payer is paying child support to a payee and where the payee does not agree that the payment made by the payer is for the support of the child(ren) or in other words… is paid as child support…

The positive outcomes of the cancelled outreach program is in stark contrast to the overwhelmingly poor feedback regarding their contact with the Department’s Child Support Program (formerly the Child Support Agency)…

A story on A Current Affair suggested that the ex-girlfriend of Peter Ainsworth and mother to his daughter Grace should be entitled to significantly more in Child Support, despite getting five times more than what was determined as appropriate by the Child Support Agency…

Dads who complain they are being ripped off by their ex-wives for child support are paying former public servants to prepare and lodge their ­appeals to pay less…

Fathers who run their own businesses are declaring lower incomes to the Australian Tax Office to avoid paying higher rates of child support, Victoria Legal Aid says. The organisation will discuss its clients’ difficulties in both receiving and paying child …..

MOTHERS are faking domestic violence to secure custody of their children, a parliamentary inquiry has been told…

THE Federal Government is hoarding millions of dollars from dead-beat dads that could be helping support their partners and children…

A MELBOURNE sperm donor dad has been granted access to his daughter despite the objections of her lesbian parents to his youthful partying ways. The man had been seeking shared custody of his two-year-old biological daughter that would have seen her living with him five nights a fortnight…