child with each parent.

andibig

Hi
hope someone can help.my dh was divorced from his ex about 6 years ago.It was agreed that due to dh's work she would be the RP and he would pay child maintenance.
He has always paid the child maintenance,have the kids every weekend,share the school holidays.
Now one of the children is living with us full time. we are still paying CM for the remaining child at who lives with his mum (and still stays weekends) but she does not contribute financially to us.
My question is are we still liable for child maintenance??

karenx

Theres a calculator on the CSA website, input your details to see if you are paying the appropriate maintenance to her. And vice versa if you know her income details

andibig

thanks i've used that but it can't factor in if one child lives with its mum and the other child lives with dad IYKWIM.

McKneff

Just my own opinion but if each parent has a child then no one should be paying anyone else.
Seems silly to say, either that or each pays each other for the resident child.

dizzydusty

This is the exact situation my bf is in.

His eldest came to live with him last year. He pays his ex maintenance via CSA for his youngest, and he put a claim in for maintenance against his ex for his eldest and she paid him for a while. Daft thing is, ex is now not working, not claiming benefit and living off her redundancy money and therefore not paying anything at all to the eldest childs upkeep. Nil assessment at the moment for her while my bf continue to pay maintenance for youngest.

What is stopping you putting in a claim to the CSA for maintenance for the child living with you now? Is your hubs ex partner working?

DUTR

McKneff wrote: »

Just my own opinion but if each parent has a child then no one should be paying anyone else.
Seems silly to say, either that or each pays each other for the resident child.

Indeed that is the common sense approach, however the clowns that run the show have their own agenda, basically assuming csa 2, you continue to pay for the one child and get a little discount for the one remaining with the OP case.
I suppose the NRP(PWC) could put in a claim too, you can bet your bottom dollar that if he ever got a contribution to CS it would not cancel out what he is contributing

karenx

andibig wrote: »

thanks i've used that but it can't factor in if one child lives with its mum and the other child lives with dad IYKWIM.

You do 2 calculations based on each household. One with your details and one with the ex's details. And if there is a difference due to salery then that family pays the other the difference.

Soubrette

McKneff wrote: »

Just my own opinion but if each parent has a child then no one should be paying anyone else.
Seems silly to say, either that or each pays each other for the resident child.

Fair enough if both households have approximately the same income.

Doesn't really seem fair on the child that lives with a much poorer parent though.

Andibig - if you are paying CM then so should the other parent. It should be both or neither.

mico62

A friend has an arrangement with her ex where she had 1 daughter for a week and he has the other then they swap on Sunday.

What annoys me is they both claim tax credits and child benefit for a child so they're getting more than someone who's got 2 kids.

Neither pays maintenance cos they both earn roughly the same.