Whats the justifcation?

romanempire

A couple have split up. They have one child. The child resides alternate weeks with each parent. Both parents earn the the same amount (£20000/yr).

How much should one parent pay the other? And why?

How much would the CSA/CMEC calculate one parent should pay the other?

Caz3121

CSA will currently calculate that the person who does not receive the child benefit pays the one that does 15% of their salary less 50% for the shared care

(in my opinion not very fair as the person that claims the child benefit then can claim tax credits etc + maintenance ... but that is probably more for discussion time)

bdt1

Wouldn't it just be better if they split child benefit/child tax credits, not pay any child support to each other, and agree to split all shoes/school trips/hobbies etc.

We all know involving CSA opens a can of worms and usually creates tensions and bad feelings as a result of their inefficiencies

suited-aces

The male pays whatever the female wants basically.

shellsuit

Neither of them should pay the other anything.

With regards to child benefit and tax credits, they should be shared between the parents.

That's my opinion anyway.

Why, is there a case like this where one has to pay the other?!

smartpicture

Who pays for (and puts in the time to organise) clothes, shoes, school uniform, school trips, school bags & stationery, dentist trips, doctors visits / prescription charges, kids hobbies or clubs, play-dates, after-school and holiday care, dinner money, pocket money, stuff they can use at both houses like playstations or hair straighteners etc etc. Who takes time off work and/or looks after kids if they're ill. If all those things are 100% equal, then no-one should have to pay anyone anything. But I very much doubt that's the case.

Blonde_Bint

Agreed with above even with shared care its hard to split it dead centre.

However, I disagree with the 'shirt off the back' system we have in place at the moment.

I think taking a percentage of a 'set' wage is fair, I disagree with over time being included as this is very changable and in the hands of the employer not the employee. (just like to point out I get that there are a minority out there where over time is in such abundance that they are doing it all the time however, it can come to an end any time still out of the hands of the employee)

I understand what people are saying when they say 'the child should live the same life as the one they would have lived had the parents not split up, therefore they should get what they would have got had it not happened'

However I disagree with it because... the parents HAVE split up and no two households will probably be run the same even if they had the exact same amount of money coming in each month. and as the parents have split up theres no way of knowing what the future would have been had they stayed together.

Sort of dealing with what you DO have going as a pose to saying well had we stayed together I think child would have had this this and this you dont really know for certain as it hasnt happened yet.

If you get where i'm coming from

borders_dude

Blonde_Bint wrote: »

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However, I disagree with the 'shirt off the back' system we have in place at the moment...

I agree with that, im a NRP on 'old rules', would love to be on the 'new rules', its fair more fair and transparent.

kaitlinsmummy

smartpicture wrote: »

Who pays for (and puts in the time to organise) clothes, shoes, school uniform, school trips, school bags & stationery, dentist trips, doctors visits / prescription charges, kids hobbies or clubs, play-dates, after-school and holiday care, dinner money, pocket money, stuff they can use at both houses like playstations or hair straighteners etc etc. Who takes time off work and/or looks after kids if they're ill. If all those things are 100% equal, then no-one should have to pay anyone anything. But I very much doubt that's the case.

We dont pay my OHs Ex anything we do have the kids half and half 3 days 1 week 4 days the next week. I actually take time off work to look after them when sick as I do with our child to. Their mum has never in the 6 years we have been together taken 1 day off for them when ill or school holidays. She went to the CSA a few years back (5yrs bk) when OH 1st became SE and she was awarded £0 cos he had made a loss.
We also provide all school uniform, winter and summer coats and shoes for their mums house and here to. OHs Ex claims CB and TCs, he does keep her sweet so she doesnt go back to the CSA but he has also told her that all the holidays I cover and sick days would stop as to the extras we pay for/buy would also stop.
so she would be cutting her nose off to spite her face if she did