Ex going part time and back to college!

bushberto

Hi

I am the PWC and currently receive £195 a month off the mother of our two children. She has told me that she is planning go part time so that she can go to college for 4 years and be financially supported by her new partner. I assume she will then seek to get the CSA arrangement recalculated based on her new part time hours so i will barely see any CSA. Is there anything i can do here? It appears that i will be funding her 4 years as a student?!

PlayingHardball

Hiya, if she goes part time and earns less than £100 per week, she will pay a flat rate of £5 per week. Probably not what you want to hear, unfortunately.

bushberto

I am not the biological parent of one of the children. Does this make any difference?

nannytone_2

you could try claiming from the biological father

bushberto

I don't want to get him involved - he has just got out of prison. He has been arrested in the past for giving his daughter a black eye. For now he is off the radar and i don't want to ruffle feathers that might bring him back.

kelloggs36

So you are the PeWC then (person with care as opposed to parent with care). As a student she will be exempt from paying unless she is on CS1 and in which case her housing costs will most likely outweigh any income she has via loans etc. If she earns less than £100 per week from her part time earnings she will remain exempt.

Loopy_Girl

Fair play to you for bringing up a kid that isn't yours (which is a hard enough job) BUT you're not even with the Mother.

Dunno what it says about her as a Mother though

bushberto

I have to say i find this crazy that a mother cannot be made financially responsible for her own kids and choose to go back to college. I don't think she should be allowed a place at college if she can't support her children. To make it even more laughable she is going to study to become a teacher. She can't look after her own kids never mind a class full!

Marisco

Out of interest, what would happen if the PWC was the mother, and the NRP, the father, went back to college? Would he still have to pay the PWC maintenance?

karenx

It would be the same rules if it was the other way around also

AnxiousMum

Marisco wrote: »

Out of interest, what would happen if the PWC was the mother, and the NRP, the father, went back to college? Would he still have to pay the PWC maintenance?

My ex (nrp father) did this a few years ago - but our support order is Canadian. He went to court for a reduction, claiming no income for three years - they refused his variation, stating that 'if you were with the mother, you wouldn't be able to afford to go to school full time, as you would have children to provide for. We suggest you go part time whilst working, so that you can continue to support your children. The court order remains in force'. He was quite upset to say the least! In reality, what the Judge said was correct, he wouldn't have been able to quit his job and go full time. But then they do this to nrp's who just decide to quit their job etc., and impute an income based on the previous three years anyway.