The applicant sought to vary an interim consent order that allowed the respondent to offset a $1.7 million loan against his ongoing child support obligations.
The Family Responsibility Office (FRO) refused to enforce the support orders because its system could not process the offset.
The court varied the order to delete the offset provision, holding that child support is the right of the child and cannot be bargained away or offset against debts between the parents, particularly regarding ongoing support.
