Mother loses bankruptcy battle over private school fees

By Rania Spooner, Henrietta Cook
Updated July 31 2015 - 8:08am, first published July 30 2015 - 5:27pm
Single mother Rachel Rodda: Eltham College applied to bankrupt her within six months of her son leaving the school. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Single mother Rachel Rodda: Eltham College applied to bankrupt her within six months of her son leaving the school. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Single mother Rachel Rodda: Eltham College applied to bankrupt her within six months of her son leaving the school. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Single mother Rachel Rodda: Eltham College applied to bankrupt her within six months of her son leaving the school. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Single mother Rachel Rodda: Eltham College applied to bankrupt her within six months of her son leaving the school. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Single mother Rachel Rodda: Eltham College applied to bankrupt her within six months of her son leaving the school. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Single mother Rachel Rodda: Eltham College applied to bankrupt her within six months of her son leaving the school. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Single mother Rachel Rodda: Eltham College applied to bankrupt her within six months of her son leaving the school. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer

A Melbourne mother has lost a bankruptcy battle with a private school after arguing they should have means-tested her because they were acting like a bank.

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