Reply With QuoteShort answer is if he has no income he pays no child support.....
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Post for a friend
She wants to know what happens to her child support now that her DD's sperm donar is now a stay at home dad to his 2 kids (to another woman) And the other woman has gone to work...
Will the support go down now?
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Short answer is if he has no income he pays no child support.....
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Long answer is if he gets anything from centrelink for staying at home such as PPP they make take some child support out of that. They WILLNOT touch his partners income for child support purposes......hope that makes sense
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Yea it does babe. Thanks for that
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ditto - and I'm pretty sure contributions are never taken from centrelink payments (whether parental, dole, disability or other)
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yes they are
if you are on income support, your csa pymts are taken from that
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Yes they are, I used to get a whole $20 a month! kept her in bread & milk for a week
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wow - thanks for the correction
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it came in about two years ago - if you're on income support and have to pay child support, they "garnish" your income support. as a consultant, it's one of the only deductions we are forbidden to change.wow - thanks for the correction
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if he recives anything from centerlink, child support will(at least they shouls) ask her if she wants them to sort it out, or if they have personal arrangements. my cousin recives i think its $5 a week from her sons "donor" and has since the day he took her to court for visitation he never used. it is taken from his centerlink befor he recives it. im certain it has been this way since he was 6 months old, hes just turned 5. hope this helps.
That's funny because my friends husband has 3 kids to another woman and he was unemployed, couldnt get anything from the government and she had to pay the cs. I won't tell her this she will be ****ed :/
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the calculation for child support is sooooooooooo ridiculously complex now
it's not just based on income
it takes into account the amount of time each parent has the children, a set amount is deducted from each income for living expenses, then the rest is pooled to become "family" income. that is then divided into the percentage that each parent has the children, and if it works out that one parent has more income than their percentage of time with the children, they pay maintenance to the other. it also includes other dependents
so, if for instance mum and dad have 65/35 shared care for mum/dad. after income is calculated for them both together it comes up to 100000 (50k each), dad would have to pay mum maintenance as he would be deemed to be earning more than 35% of their combined income and has to make up her income for the extra care she has
it is a LOT more complex than that, but that's the basis of it
if, as is the case in Ahurani's case, one parent has absolutely no income, if they had the same 65/35 split, mum would be deemed to have more than her 65% of the shared income, and would have to pay to dad
it's not ideal - too many people are working out how it's calculated and some of those people that are less inclined to want to support their kids are finding ways to get around it (like having their partner work and earn all the dollars so they don't have to pay anything)
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When i was income earned and my husband was at home due to illness - our over all income was 100% earnt By Me - How ever we Still Paid the Childs Mother CSA - now it wasnt Very Much ( around $120 per week ) as we had a 60/40 arrangment per the Nights the child was with either parent .
The Mother was on Benifts and my Husband was entitled to a disabilty allowance but due to my income he did not get a full benift - hardly anything .
i think it depends on the suitatuion and alot of good posts prior to mine have been made - Your Friend will recieve a review when the circumstances change and she is entitled to appeal and apply for the financial Hardship option i believe .
But since my husbands death i continue to pay CSA as i have now become the childs other legal guardian .
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For years and years, I got the $12 a month minimum for DD#1 out of the ex's dole. About 3 or 4 years ago he got a job and the CS went up, and all my centrelink payments went down.
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maintenance assessments may impact ftba and rent assistance entitlement. there is an amount you receive each year that doesn't impact your payments, but once the assessment is above that amount, it does reduce payments
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THank all for ur replies it's so complicated too think about LOL... we get 13 a f'night for 2 kids! its crazy
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