Paying for the promise of co-parenting
A case of child maintenance in disguise?
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March 1996
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Abstract
The author analyses a recent decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court where a mother of two children received over $150,000 compensation from her partner because the partner broke a promise to provide financial support for the children. Both parties are women who had been living in a lesbian relationship. Issues addressed by the article include: the status of the other mother, the immunity of the sperm donor, the Child Support (Assessment) Act, and applications under the Family Law Act.
The author analyses a recent decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court where a mother of two children received over $150,000 compensation from her partner because the partner broke a promise to provide financial support for the children. Both parties are women who had been living in a lesbian relationship. Issues addressed by the article include: the status of the other mother, the immunity of the sperm donor, the Child Support (Assessment) Act, and applications under the Family Law Act.