Tracy NealOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Nelson-Marlborough·NZ Herald·31 May, 2026 12:30 AM6 mins to readA father of two has failed to convince the Family Court his child support payments should be changed, when he failed to prove claims his wife's financial status was superior to his. Photo / Olga Yastremska, Africa Images.A man living in a different town from his teenage children has been trying to get his child support payments reduced because he claimed his former wife was financially better off.
But Carl Eddowes* has failed in his latest attempt because he couldn’t come up with the evidence to
