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Child maintenance and additional payments
Hello all, I have my child 40% of the time. In term time it is alternate weekends and one weekday a week and 50/50 in holidays. We have used CMS to determine the payments I have to give to the resident parent which is quite high from my wage. We are still negotiating the additional payments in our divorce proceedings since…
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No address for ex, therefore no hope of maintenance.
Long story short, ex removed from property last November. Bail conditions mean that he can't live at home or contact any of us, even through a third party. While I am very grateful for the protection that this gives us, some financial help would be good. I have one child under 18 living at home. Unfortunately, the CMS have…
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30 Hours Childcare with 100k salary
I understand that if at least one of the parents is making more than 100k per year then we are no longer qualify for the childcare allowance (15 or 30hrs). My question is: Is that limit before any salary sacrifices or after? For example if I pay the amount I make over 100k into my private pension (which is done before…
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Child Maintenance Payments when 1 child turns 18
I pay child maintenance for two children, one is due to turn 18 and I know the payment doesnt halve, but does anyone know what percentage I should pay for the remaining child?
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Maintenance when son is working
Hi I'm not sure if anyone can help or advise? My son has just turned 19 and in full time education doing an extended diploma in sports it comes to an end in July. His mum has never paid maintenance for our son as been on benefits but started a full time 17k per year job in September. Maintenance then decided she should pay…
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Child Maintenance Query
Hi Guys. Myself and Wife are unfortunately in the early stages of a divorce - she left last Thursday, no opportunity for reconciliation. We have a 2 yea old son. She's seeking legal advice on the 27th July and I'll also be getting my own advice. We met this Tuesday to discuss childcare & finances. We've agreed to split the…
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Assessing income for childcare support
Hi, I've read all of the literature regards assessment criteria for free childcare hours and the £100k threshold but do have one question. The assessment has to be undertaken every 3 months. Therefore if for the first 3 quarters of the year your earnings are on track to be under £100k and then in the 4th quarter you tip…
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Child Maintenance End Date
Hi folks, my son's child maintenance payments are due to end when my son 'ceases full time secondary education' according to our divorce settlement My ex husband is 'chomping at the bit' to stop his payments - he already cancelled when he turned 18, but I pointed out the divorce agreement. He then wanted to cancel when he…
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CMS and HMRC - Redirection of earnings
Hi there, The CMS have advised that I report the other parent to HMRC as he is only declaring £6.2k a year earnings. No dividends or other income has ever been declared. He is 50:50 shareholder in his own limited company. It’s been trading for 5 years. There are 4 companies under the parent company. The other business…
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Help regarding ex partners new partner
Me and my ex have been divorced for years. We have one child and we share custody. She is the primary caregiver as she has the child more, as her school is closer to that house. We worked out a child maintenance payment from me to her, based on the number of days I see the child. All was fine, no problems. For the last 12…
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Tax Free Childcare - How Much To Deposit Monthly
I can’t find a straight forward answer to this anywhere, so hoping you can help, please! I’ve previously been enrolled in the voucher scheme, but due to job change I’m no longer eligible and this is my first time using the government gateway account for this. I understand the maximum gov contribution is £500 every three…
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Tax credits/deductions or similar above certain earnings threshold
Hey, are there any tax deductions or credits for child number 1 if we as a couple earn more than £90k together? Thanks
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Large Child Maintenance Arrear
My daughters biological father has managed to rack up over £12.5k worth of child maintenance arrears. She has now left education so he no longer has to pay maintenance. I have received nothing for the past year although the child maintenance service have been involved. After 7 months of receiving no payments and his…
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Confusion Over New Government Child Support £ (Help!)
Myself and my wife have our first child on the way. We are aware of the upcoming government scheme which in 2024 will give 30 free nursery hours. However, we have heard that some nurseries can’t provide the service for the money paid by the government subsidy and are planning on charging additional fees on top of the…
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Missing child support payment
On behalf of my other half… got an email from CMS last month string they hadn’t received a payment from child’s father and therefor she wouldn’t be getting any money that month. Contacted child’s father via child who stated it has come out of his wages and has payslip showing this, no reason to disbelieve him and he is…
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CMS not updating records...
Hi. I was woken up by a text message this morning telling me that my ex had not received a child maintenance payment - we use direct pay, and I was certain that I'd paid it. I checked my bank via the app, and sure enough, it was paid 21 days ago. I phoned the CMS as requested in the text message, and after an hour and 45…
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REMO process
I’m currently in the REMO process of applying for child support from France. The issues with my ex partner are -I don’t know his address, however I have his work address. -He is denying the child is his and he will not take a dna test that I offered to pay for because I know he is her father. -I’ve read that paternity…
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REMO (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE ORDERS)
Hiya, Long story short, my 10 years old son and I live in the UK. Father moved to Spain last year. We had a private child maintenance arrangement but he stopped paying a couple of months after moving to Spain. I am struggling living on UC and I want to use REMO but I am concerned that it will take years due to the language…
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REMO - USA/FLORIDA
Has anyone recently started/had progress with REMO SPECIFICALLY via Florida Child Support? My Ex husband has emailed me today and it implies he's had something through the post. I sent a MASSIVE pack to REMO that cost me £12 to send to them, and wasn't expecting any movement yet. I am, of course, expecting a brief update…
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Moving from tax free childcare to 30 hours free
Hi Our son turns 3 in August so we will be getting the 30 hours free childcare from the start of the new September term. He currently goes to nursery 6 hours a week and we just get the tax free childcare at the moment. How do I go about "upgrading" to 30 hours free? The gov website says I should apply between 15th June -…