IRD Public Opinion?
Why not just make unpaid Child Support work the same as unpaid court fines?? Treat them like unpaid fines – clamp the non-paying parents’ cars, seize goods and in the end if they still don’t pay, have them hauled before a judge to be treated like fine defaulters. Put the non-paying parents’ names with debt collecting firms to ensure they no longer get credit to buy their big screen TV etc instead of paying for their own kids.
Mark Miller
Inland Revenue have a possessed toy by the same name, don’t they?
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Hi Rosie,
Your story is is not rare. This happens a lot. My ex has a girlfriend and I let them stay overnight at my house once in the lounge on a mattress. I couldn’t sleep as this was an awkward situation for me. I noticed it was not easy for my ex either. Anyhow, I went out and came home just before the children woke up the next day. But I like her. We get along well and respect each other as mother and step mother. The kids like her a lot too especially her cooking.
I do understand how hard it is for you and for Karen. Yet I can’t help but wonder if there is any way to resolve it without both females seeming to be in a boxing ring.
After all, IRD is not looking to change soon.
Julie
For 4 yrs Ive been civil to this person – so her children could see a healty interaction between their mum and step mother.Unfortunately her bitterness has always got in front of that and the continual hate for my husband rares its ugly head daily.People kept saying when she finds another partner she will be happy and will change – well she found a partner and he left her too (prob because her life was consumed with hate for her ex husband) I was once told by a psychologist to stop hoping she will change because she wont…so here’s to 2008. A new year and a new thought process… When she turns up at my door and cannot even say hello – Karen is no longer the peace maker and the first to say hello – I cant be bothered. as far as Im concerned as long as my family are happy then thats all one wants in life. My children also have a great step mum who loves them dearly and takes very good care of them when they visit them in Rot. She luvs to cook and her and the kids made us and my parents cookies for Xmas. I too could be like my husband’s ex and be bitter and nasty to my ex and his lady – not send clothes to his house when he has the kids, demand xtra money over above the c/s he gives the children, make life difficult in when he can and cannot see them and the ultimate sin ‘talk badly about my ex in front of our children’ but whats the point life’s too short and too much effort to be bitter and twisted. In the kids eyes both parents should be put on a pedestal no matter what happened in their relationship.
I am sure that you are more content and at peace with yourself than the bitter ex who is still consumed with hate. Well done Karen you are doing the right thing, it is her who will come off worst (shouldn’t that be obvious to her too ?)
I agree with Perseus. She will be her own worst enemy.
You sound like a good person Karen and have tried and tried. We had one female who was bitter in our group and she has never returned after hearing our views. She lived with a guy and he didn’t want a baby because he already had a few from his last relationship. He broke off the relationship because she insisted on having a baby and somehow she deliberately became pregnant. She was adamant she was gong to take him for as much as she could. In her eyes, “How dare he. She was entitled to a child from him for going out with him”.
I hope that other females step up and tell your partners ex off. She needs a good serving of reality.
I am amazed by reading this.All these years I thought that guy Mark Miller was some kind of normal lawyer,independent of the IRD and gave people a fair hearing.When he interviewed me in 2003 he totally ignored everything i told him.I showed him doctors certificates etc of how I had been unable to work.He decided I should have to pay CS on $60,000 when I had earnt about $10,000 that year.He failed to mention the doctors certificates in his report.The next year 2004 I got him again and was abusive.He made the same decision again and again refused to mention the certificates.Because of that I am still on their books owing money which I have no ability or intention to pay.It makes me feel so much better to have found that others have had similar experiences with this guy.
I have unconditional love for Mark and trust that when he reads these comments about him he will make changes.I am sure that he is a good person deep down but just suffers from lack of information.
ALL PARENTS PAYING CHILD SUPPORT TAKE NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is a Test Case about to take place in the High Court Wellington on Monday 31 March and Tuesday 1 April 2008 which if lost will give IRD the power to make assessments based on assets not income and a claim were Admin Review claims could be made retrospective.
This case is being driven by IRD and Crown Law, Maria Deligiannis and her team.
IRD/Crown Law even paid the $2700 court useage fees.
I or someone else will post more details about this High Court Case later, but this could make National News.
All this has been happening over the past two years and started from an Admin Review.
THIS IS SERIOUS BE WARNED.
Can we get some other groups into this case as parties or is it too late?
The precedent that assetts need to be used to gain income is well established by Review and presumably court test cases but the concept that assett alone is fair game is a new one for them to try on.
Allan,
Call me for details
Scrap
Most dangerous aspect to this case is the attempt to get a precedent for retrospective departure orders. Combined with IRD’s power to initiate admin reviews, retrospective departure orders are really worrying.
Allan, you may possibly involve uof with the courtcase through a matter of public interest.
I have just heard that if this case goes in favour of Katherine Ellery and the IRD there may be a National incident affecting parties involved.