"The Child Support Scheme was
primarily introduced by women's groups and passed through
parliament without any broad community support from fathers, or
even many thousands of women whom have since partnered these
fathers into second families. It is therefore, not seen by most men
as providing necessary support for children, but more as never
ending vindictive action by women against former
partners".
" "Single men in particular,
have no choice at all as to whether children should or should not
be born, but women have the sole choice. Thousands of cases exist
where single women have borne children to several different
fathers. To add insult to injury the men have no choice as to the
level of ever increasing mandatory child support (and continuous
scrutiny into their financial affairs) provided to the other party,
who has no accountability for both money or
access".
"Child support payments are not
linked to custody, which is granted to 91% of women, nor access
rights, which can be denied without reason or without any financial
penalty to the payee (custodial parent) if in
default".
"The act provides for no privacy or any
rights for payers, including mandatory disclosure of financial
affairs, garnishees, seizure from bank accounts, child support
debts that endure bankruptcy, even restricted travel rights are
just a few undemocratic examples of the frequently used powers of
the CSA".
That excerpt above
was taken from www.mensrights.com.au.
We have had first hand dealings with the CSA
in Australia for over 10 years. Without any doubt this is an
organisation run by women protecting the rights of women over men
period!
Within the CSA they have many departments -
inc Objections Dept (none of these women titled 'Objections
Officers' have suitable qualifications and repeatedly quote CSA
Policy when faced with difficult questions), Senior Case Officers
and Case Officers. Some Senior Case Officers have Law Degree's but
you would hardly call them Lawyers. The whole system is about
protecting women. They call it 'Just & Equitable' under CSA
Policy. The Objections Dept does not handle Custodial or Care
Arrangements and will handball you to someone else. They are all
about avoidance and help for men. Even if you have 65-85% custody
of your children and pay 90% of all costs you are facing an uphill
battle.
If you pay child support and are continually
in the firing line remember this may not go away until your
children turn 18 years old. You must represent and respond yourself
in all CSA Change of Assessments/Objections that are filed by your
ex partner. It is the perfect platform for women to seek
revenge.
Seek good legal advice on any rulings or
problems you are having and keep your contact to the bear minimum
with the CSA at all times. They have been guilty of harassing phone
calls to men during the day at your place of work between 9am -
5pm. If they cannot contact your mobile phone they will call your
work number. All calls are recorded by them so don't be reactive
and say things you later regret.
The CSA's decisions should be taking into
account the accurate time the child spends which each parent and
the "true costs" incurred by each parent relative to income. No
gender discrimination. This unfortunately they do not do. It's up
to you to call them and enforce the correct true and valid
information for your situation. They call themselves a telephone
communication service and insist on this mode of communicating
instead of writing. If you don't follow this policy they will
protect the woman and believe what she says instead. Be proactive
with this, if you don't the rulings will not favor you in any
way.
You can object to any rulings and any change
of assessments formulated by the CSA. Filing an appeal with
SSAT -Social Security Appeals Tribunal. Apply on
line www.csa.gov.au doing
this will insist a review of the CSA's decision process
by an independent tribunal. Although the SSAT is classified as
'independent' it is still under the wing of The Department Of
Human Services.
For more information on Child Support matters
try www.f4e.com.au fathers 4
equality and equal parenting. This is a good site with updates on
Family Law and Child Support matters.
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