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Child Maintenance / Vouchers
Hi, I'm trying to come to an agreement with regards what I need to pay my soon to be ex wife, regards maintenance for our 3yr old boy. He goes to nursery 5 days a week (9am - Midday). My mum has him 2 afternoons a week after nursery for the day, and he goes to childcare the remaining 3 afternoons. Currently, my wife and I…
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Child Maintenance
Just a quickie. My husband has 2 sons from his previous marriage. One is 19 and at university (just starting his second year), the other 17 and just starting an apprenticeship after dropping out of college after less than a year. Does he still have to pay maintenance to their Mum? Please note - he's not trying to stop…
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Great 'Dads, what would you like for Father’s Day?' Hunt
Great 'Dads, what would you like for Father’s Day?' Hunt Flowers for Mum on Mother's Day is always a safe bet. But what to get dads for Father's Day, especially if you already bought them socks at Christmas? Dads, here's your chance to enlighten your kids. Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the…
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Financial Order After Bankruptcy
Hi this is my first time posting on this board, but have many posts on the bankrupcy board and find the help invaluable. The reason for posing on this board is that I was made bankrupt in May 2014 shortly after divorced proceedings were concluded. I now find myself in a situation where my ex-wife is now applying for a…
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Maintenance Payments
Hi, My 15 year old son has fallen out with my ex and is going to move in with me. My daughter is 17 but has left full time education and is working full time in McDonalds. She turns 18 at the end of October. I'm currently paying my ex £1500 per month maintenance and I think I can stop this but just wanted to check. If…
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Secondary Child's passport?
Hi im not sure if this is in the right category,please do forgive me if it's not as I'm new to the forums area of this site! Im looking for advice on having a passport issued in my child's name (born 2008) as i am classed as the absent parent,although we have shared access weekends and school holidays. In recent years i…
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Boori Eton - Help
Hi All, I've been 'instructed' that the Boori Eton cotbed is "the one" for us and need to buy one :) Naturally, got as far as putting everything into a basket but never quite bought - with everyone (usual suspects) about the same price of £539 (10% discount on RRP of £599) Now, I 'really' need to pull my finger out and get…
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Will I get into more trouble??????
Hi all. Anyone help with my conundrum! Feb 2013 my Fiance and I split and after abit of 'to and froing' She decided to leave the home, leaving our daughter with me. this changes after a few months when i presume she had somewhere secure to stay and she took our daughter to live with her. That is quite a different problem…
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terms of divorce question (divorced 2005!)
hi, hope this is in the right place - just looking for some advice if anyone can help! my current partner and i have been in a relationship for approximately 10 months. he was divorced from the mother of his three children in 2005 - the children were then aged 19, 17 and 6. As part of the divorce he was left with a load of…
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Planning ahead - What did you do?
Hi, first time dad, was abit put off posting as alot of threads seems to be concerning break-ups, divorce etc.. anyway Bit of an open ended question but I'm wondering, dads and mums, what things you did ahead of time for your child be it short term or long term planning. Again, I know this could literally cover anything…
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Separated - Can I buy a house?
Hi, I am just wondering where to get advice. In a nutshell, we have been separated for just over a year. We agreed that my wife and children remain in the rented house. This (and the monthly maintenance I pay) was all part of the separation agreement. Fortunately it is an amicable split. However, because I need a permanent…
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Problem With Ex - Advice needed!!
Hi all, Was hoping to get some advice on a situation I'm currently in: My wife and I separated early this year (not yet started the divorce), seeing me move out and moving in with my parents as I'm unable to pay the mortgage as well as rent somewhere else. We have kids. When moving out we agreed that I'd stay in the house…
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Advice on stopping payment to ex for son needed
I have been paying religiously every month for the last 17 years to my ex for my son. He turned 18 back in March and this month his 2 year chefing course in 6th form finishes and he's unsure what he wants to do either get a job or go on another college course doing something totally different, he thinks he wants a break…
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Who Gets What ?
Hi, difficult situation I have but not sure who is right, and morally, ethically and legally what is the right way to handle this. I used to married from 2001 - 2005 and we split up and my ex had a new guy. During that period we divorced. I owned a house before we met, she never contributed and the house probably wasn't…
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Actuarial reduction on final salary pension
Message: "Thank you to everyone who was able to help"
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Student loan treatment in divorce
Hi, I have a student loan and I am getting divorced. She and I have no assets to share out, only debts. Our credit card debts are weighted towards her, but my student loan makes the sums roughly equal. I want my student loan to be considered, whereas she does not. In mediation and from my solicitor, all I have had so far…
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Who's making a World Book Day costume this weekend?!
It's World Book Day next Thursday. Is your kids' school taking part? What are your kids going as and are you making the costume or buying? What tips do you have for not spending a fortune? We're asking on twitter too so join in the conversation there if you'd like :)
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Housekeeping budget
Im a married dad with a lovely wife and three kids (aged 11,6 and 2) My wife stays at home to look after the kids. I want to set a monthly budget for how much she should be spending to look after everyone. At the moment there is no budget and the month end credit card bill can be eye watering! So its basically a budget on…
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Help advice or just shoulder to cry on.
Hello, Posting under a new name as I give advice on other matters under a different user name. Sorry going to be a long 1st post, but in need of help, advice or just even a shoulder to cry on! I've tried to give as much information about the situation as possible without writing 3 thousand words. I'm a working father of…
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Household food budget issues
Hi, we have the some issues trying to keep the food bills down, and argue about the costs daily. but we end up justifying it by the argument that we both have demanding jobs, work hard and therefore we eat well, good quality food etc we look at these forums and my wife says there is no way you can feed a family of 4 adults…
