Hey guys, my oldest son is 11 years old, his father has nothing to do with him, they have met twice over the few years, and now he will ask to see him and i will organise something for him to see my son but then my ex will make up some excuse and wont bother meeting up with us/him. Hes not on the birth certificate as we broke up just before my son was born and i had no way to contact him, im asking him for child support and im fine with him getting a d.n.a test etc to be put on the birth certificate he said thats fine, but as hes not working and is in the dole he laughed in my face saying he wont need to pay anything while hes on the dole, and good luck to me trying to get a cent out of him, is this correct about being on the dole means no child support? He also has 4 other kids all over the place (maybe even more!!!), he does not pay for or bother with the other kids either. Does anyone know how this child support would work while being on centrekink?
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They still pay child support on the dole but it will probably be about $12 a fortnight
Do you know if he would have to back pay for the last 11 years? I remember trying to get child support of him when my son was 7 years old and he refused but i was working at the time so it didnt bother me. $12 a fortnight is nothing but may help that little tiny bit more
I doubt you will get back paid as he is not on the birth certificate. You will only start receiving child support when it is confirmed he is your sons father.
Thank you
I think they only back date 3 months from when you submit a case to them.
This is genuinely one of those times you have to decide if it's worth the effort.
Basically if he isn't on the birth certificate he'll just claim he doesn't think he is the father, that will force you to take him to court for a DNA test etc.
Honestly unless something has changed financially for you and you are desperate or are having to claim for Centrelink purposes I wouldn't bother. Your son is 11 and payments usually stop at 18 years old. So for $630 a year maximum if your lucky due to his dole payments.
He sounds like the kind of asshole that would beg a boss to get paid cash in hand if he got a job.
Yeah the last few months have been rough, lost my job and have younger kids i cant get back into work atm.
Hes willing to do the dna test cos he wants to c him more (im allowing it but he cant stick to it he cancels last minute) but he has no problem going to get a test done just refuses to pay child support.
Yes hes definitely an arsehole im sure he finds every way he can to rought the system. He hasnt worked a day in his life really.
I doubt you'd get anything, considering he's got kids all over the place. I'm presuming he pays zero for them as well. This guy knows how to work the system.
I didn't get anything for 2 kids when ex was on new start,then when he was working 2 days a week, I got $12 a week.
I'd keep him well away from you and your child. Don't change any paperwork!