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Poppy Johnston and Jacob Shteyman

Child support debts forcing mums to pursue violent exes

The child support system is being gamed by perpetrators to weaponise payments, researchers found. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Single mothers should not be forced to chase down child-support debts from their abusers, domestic violence campaigners say.

The child support system is being gamed by perpetrators to weaponise payments and inflict financial and psychological harm, research released on Tuesday found, including by minimising income and falsely reporting time spent caring for kids.

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