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…

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…

Separated parents should not miss out on child support payments if the other parent fails to pay their way, a Tasmanian academic has urged the federal government’s child support Inquiry…