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A STORY

 I'm a male in his mid 30s with an almost 2 year old daughter. At the time of my daughter's birth I was sick with Cancer and I was not working and struggling with the treatment (chemotherapy and radiotherapy) Trying to seek help through work and income I was not entitled to any government benefits as I've earnt too much over the current financial year, I was simply told to use my savings, sell my car and exhaust all rainy day funds - (no shit and honest verbatim they said this) My ex partner applied for child support soon after the birth of our daughter. The process was rough, unfair, unjust, no compassion at all. My obligated child support assessment did not consider me being unemployed and medically sick and only based on my last / current financial year - this has put a lot of stress on me and I was not even making ends meet. I had to seek financial support from family. After treatment, I seeked full time employment and took on a career of less salary that needed to suit my medical needs. I simply could not go back to the industry and career i was working in despite still being unwell, I needed to earn money to keep up paying child support of $900 per month. When the next financial year came about my child support assesment was reduced to my current earnings which was a sigh of relief. My ex filed for a ground 8 capacity to earn. My ex earns a substantial more amount of money than me. My ex claims that i deliberately took a different career and pay cut to pay less child support. Due to my medical circumstances I simply could not resume my previous role and had to take a career path with less pay. The IRD review officer considered in my ex favors that I should be assessed on my capability to earn more money and then I was now assessed on a higher income. I'm simply over the whole system - It's isn't fair. Why should a paying parent subsidize the receiving parents lifestyle. Why should the paying parent pay an increase in child support cause the receiving parent decides to have a child to another man and she is with him and being supported by him. Bear in mind on top of all of this I hardly see my daughter and still in the family court system with a hefty legal bill