Child Care Payments

Maff26

Hi,

Was wondering if someone could please help me and guide me in the right direction.

I currently pay full child maintenance but not through the CSA and my ex-wife is saying that she is going back to college part time and planning on putting my youngest child (2 year old) into full time child care and she has been told that i have to cover the child care costs, surely if i am already paying 25% of my wage can I be forced to pay more?

Thanks in advance

DUTR

Maff26 wrote: »

Hi,

Was wondering if someone could please help me and guide me in the right direction.

I currently pay full child maintenance but not through the CSA and my ex-wife is saying that she is going back to college part time and planning on putting my youngest child (2 year old) into full time child care and she has been told that i have to cover the child care costs, surely if i am already paying 25% of my wage can I be forced to pay more?

Thanks in advance

You can't be forced to pay more, for one child you will be contributing 15% net salary, if you want to put anymore that is only up to you and nobody else! Paying via the CSA actually saved me money

Maff26

Thanks, was thinking she was going to have me paying about another £100 a week!

missmontana

Why should you have to pay for the child care? I am sure she will get help with this via the college, I know when I attended there were facilities on site that were subsidised. Is she on benefits?

Maff26

Yeah shes on full benefits, she has never worked for about 7 years and now has been accepted onto a part time nursing course

skibadee

She will recieve help with to meet her childcare costs, wether or not you wish to pay towards these is entirley up to you, you can not be forced to do so.

Deepmistrust

Maff26 wrote: »

Hi,

Was wondering if someone could please help me and guide me in the right direction.

I currently pay full child maintenance but not through the CSA and my ex-wife is saying that she is going back to college part time and planning on putting my youngest child (2 year old) into full time child care and she has been told that i have to cover the child care costs, surely if i am already paying 25% of my wage can I be forced to pay more?

Thanks in advance

Most colleges have a Learner Support Fund, that might help her with her childcare. Or even a subsidised creche (or both).

I appreciate you already pay child maintenance. But always a sticking point with me is (though you pay towards the childs expenses) NRP don't usually pay towards any childcare costs.

So it seems that NRP are free to pursue careers of their dreams, whereas when other parent decides to try and improve their own job prospects, that childcare isn't taken into account, and has to be met by the parent the child lives with in full.

Personally, if it was me, I would consider paying a contribution towards the childcare costs.

Starrystarrynight

She might also receive funding from the NHS if she's taking a nursing course.

Deepmistrust

Starrystarrynight wrote: »

She might also receive funding from the NHS if she's taking a nursing course.

I'm assuming here if she is going to college she will most likely be doing an access course( OP correct me if I'm wrong?) This won't attract an NHS bursary, until she is accepted onto a fulltime nursing course. He also said she is doing it part time, so it's probably going to take two years to complete before she even gets onto a nursing course.

Maff26

She completed the access course while we were still together (about 2 years ago) this was her last chance to get accepted, I also think she has looked into and will be able to claim some of the costs but says that i am liable to pay the rest.

Deepmistrust - I agree with what your saying in certain cirumstances but definately not this one.

Many thanks for all the replies and help

Much appreciated

missmontana

If you are already paying maintenance, I really wouldn't think you are "liable" to pay for childcare costs because she wants to do a course.

She'll be getting the CM in full now since the change in April, so she should be better off anyway. Exactly how old is the little one? From 3 she will get 15 (?) hours free per week anyway.