Child support

I genuinely don't know where to post this, I need help. So many issues lately. My ex has controlled my access to my daughter for the entire 5 years she's been with us. She don't like what I do? You're not seeing your daughter. Doesn't like I've started a new relationship? You're not seeing your daughter until it ends.…

Hello, my ex (dad of 1st dd) has paid me £100 PM for the last however many years but didn’t pay anything this last year, then didn’t respond to my message. I am currently out of work and about to move house, funds are tight, I have 2 more children. Anyway, I went to CMS as I feel he should still pay something and know he’s…

Hi Just after a bit of advice. My ex and I have one child. He is currently living with someone else (not married) who has a son. Said son lives with them approx 60% of the time. Our child is with them approx 40% of the time. Ex has said that having her son in the house means that his payments should be reduced. From what I…

Hi all, I'm struggling to find an explanation on how I define my adjusted net income in relation to Bonuses. If my salary is circ 47,500, plus private medical insurance of circa 580 which leaves me under the 50k. However, a bonus may come this year although is not guaranteed, if it does, and this takes me over 50k would I…

I was reading this thread but it doesn't quite answer my question. We have child 1 who is nearly 3. Claiming the full ~£80 a month or whatever it is (I don't personally see / deal with this as the other half does). It's looking like we're having twins - child 2 and child 3. Would both twins get the lower rate of child…

hello my husbands daughter is 19 at college but works part time. Does this mean that the child maintenance we pay stop or what are the rules as I am so confused

Hello, Following advice from MSE, I tried to apply for tax-free childcare for my 2 1/2 yo. I started to apply on the government gateway but got the message saying "You've given the details for a child that's 2 years old. If you apply now, you'll only get Tax-Free Childcare for this child. If you want 30 hours free…

3 months ago I had a letter from the CMS to say that my daughters award had changed to ‘nil’ per week due to a change in the paying parents circumstances. I phoned them and the lady said that he has no income so doesn’t have to pay. I raised a complaint and said that he must be living off something, he hasn’t just left his…

Hi, we are due to move areas in a few months and so will be changing our childminder unfortunately. Our child is 17 months old and we claim tax-free childcare. The new childminder has asked for payment a month in advance, which means we will be paying two lots of childcare in one month! How does that work with tax-free…

I separated from my ex nearly 3 years ago, I left the family home with my daughter as there was no way I could pay the mortgage on my own. I never asked for a penny off him for our then 7 year old as our son stayed mostly with him as I moved out the area. I took nothing, I just needed away from him. Long story short, I had…

We married & had a child in the UK, then we moved to another country. After a while we divorced there. The court defined a child maintenance which was adequate for that country considering my and her income there. I was paying it regularly for years and on top was paying various other expenses. My ex decided to move back…

Hi, I have financially supported myself and my sons since I divorced my ex-husband 14 years ago. I had to fight for every penny from him and then gave up. two years ago, I took him to the CSA for a total of £76.40 monthly. He is self-employed and isn't entirely honest with his tax return. In August, my younger son started…

If you live in Scotland and claim certain means-tested benefits, and you have children under 16, you can now claim £25 a week per child in 'Scottish child payment'. The benefit has today been extended to reach more families, while the amount you can claim has also been boosted. Over 400,000 children could now be eligible.…

Does anyone know whether you can continue to use the amount built-up in your TFC account once the child turns 12? If not, are you allowed to withdraw the whole amount once the child turns 12, or only your own contribution without the government contribution? Thanks.

Hi so my disabled child is owed more than £9,000 in arrears and the CMA have refused a collection service. I’ve been to tribunal and won , but now all the arrears are missing from my account . Has anyone else had a refuse to collect ? Oh by the way HE WORKS for DWP

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…

I’ve been going through CMS for years to work out the payments my children’s fathers should be paying. The case for my eldest two children is Direct Pay and has never had any problems. I only go through CMS to work out how much the payment should be each month. My other case is with the father of my youngest three children…

Hi, my husband employer pays part of our childcare bill directly to the childcare provider but not the entire bill (due to reaching his salary sacrifice limit) so we pay the remainder of the bill directly from our bank account. However I was wondering if I am able to pay the remainder through the governments tax free…

After a very apologetic conversation with the very nice lady on the phone I have found out that all my digging on where he works, where he lives, what he owns has all been in vain. He paid on and off for years. I got two years of payments then stopped. They got a liability order. He paid for 3 months and then stopped…

Hi there, I recently applied to the CMS and they have calculated my gross salary including my non payable benefits such as private medical. I appealed explaining this is not actually received as income by me but it has been rejected with no explanation. Any attempt at getting a reason by calling has been rebuffed in an…