Australian Husband and Wife have two children.
Husband and Wife split up.
The Australian family court orders Husband to pay Wife $800 per week as temporary support, based upon their pre-separation standard of living.
Later, the Australian family court modifies the support award down to $300 per week.
Wife now seeks increased child support for Son and spousal support for herself. Wife claims that her weekly household expenses come to $1,800.
Among the expenses in Wife’s budget: $60 for their son’s meals at McDonalds over the course of one week.
Husband insists that he cannot afford more than $300 per week.
The Australian family court modifies the support award back up to the originally ordered $800 per week.
But maintains that Wife must adjust her children’s and her own lifestyles and expenses. Such as cutting back on Son’s McDonald’s spending.
Read more in this Australian Herald Sun news article: Mum claims for son’s $60 Maccas habit and this Australian MSN 9 TV news article: Woman bills ex for son’s $60pw ‘Macca’s habit’.
