This article contains references to family and domestic violence.
When Emma’s relationship ended, the financial uncertainty didn’t.
She says her former partner’s child support payments became inconsistent, leaving her struggling to rely on the money she was entitled to. It forced her to rethink how she could protect herself and her child.
“I couldn’t rely on the payments coming through,” Emma tells SBS News.
There were elements of domestic violence, emotional abuse and coercive control behaviours.
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SBS News has withheld her surname for privacy reasons.
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