Child maintenance - arrears or in advance?

Junglejuice_2

My ex-husband moved out the marital home this week. We have come to a voluntary arrangement for payment of child maintenance and as such I was expecting the first payment today for the coming week. However, he says I wont get anything until next Friday as this is the logical date to start. My understanding is that the maintenance is paid in advance otherwise our son is effectively missing out on a week. Can anyone please clarify?

mrsspendalot

Junglejuice wrote: »

My ex-husband moved out the marital home this week. We have come to a voluntary arrangement for payment of child maintenance and as such I was expecting the first payment today for the coming week. However, he says I wont get anything until next Friday as this is the logical date to start. My understanding is that the maintenance is paid in advance otherwise our son is effectively missing out on a week. Can anyone please clarify?

Under a voluntary agreement, the start date of your agreement is whatever you agree it to be? If it was through the CSA it would be in arrears I would imagine, mine certainly is, i.e. I will get my maintenance for each week of April paid in one payment at the end of April/beginning May.

PreludeForTimeFeelers

Junglejuice wrote: »

My ex-husband moved out the marital home this week. We have come to a voluntary arrangement for payment of child maintenance and as such I was expecting the first payment today for the coming week. However, he says I wont get anything until next Friday as this is the logical date to start. My understanding is that the maintenance is paid in advance otherwise our son is effectively missing out on a week. Can anyone please clarify?

As MrsSpendalot says, if you go through the CSA then you are paid the week after. It won't mean you'll miss a week, just that you're always paid for the week gone rather than the week coming. If you are keeping your own arrangement howeve it's entirely down you what you and your ex agree.

DUTR

PreludeForTimeFeelers wrote: »

As MrsSpendalot says, if you go through the CSA then you are paid the week after. It won't mean you'll miss a week, just that you're always paid for the week gone rather than the week coming. If you are keeping your own arrangement howeve it's entirely down you what you and your ex agree.

It is in arrears and it seems the NRP is aware and adopting that line in any instance, so the OP will just have to accept that agreement

AnxiousMum

If it's a private arrangement, it is as you set the private arrangement. Mine was always in advance, as that's what we had arranged. When it recently went to enforcement after a court order (Canadian order) it was in advance as that's how they deal with it.

If you have just recently split the ex may be feeling that he left the cupboards and fridge full of food, has provided clothing for the next little while etc., housing paid for for the next month etc. So while you might think he's paying in arrears - if these things were taken care of before he left, it could be that he's paying in advance, but already contributed for this month? If you're doing a private arrangement, you need to get all the small details like that sorted.

make_me_wise

Junglejuice wrote: »

My ex-husband moved out the marital home this week. We have come to a voluntary arrangement for payment of child maintenance and as such I was expecting the first payment today for the coming week. However, he says I wont get anything until next Friday as this is the logical date to start. My understanding is that the maintenance is paid in advance otherwise our son is effectively missing out on a week. Can anyone please clarify?

Is that when your ex-husband gets paid? Could just be that he is waiting to have all the funds available.

Junglejuice_2

Thanks for all the responses. We have got it sorted now :-) I need to realise that we need to agree every little detail!