Child maintenance and mortgage

gizmo111

SkipE wrote: »

AS you have no childcare available how are you going to do the 200 days unpaid part of the course?

Could you do the course part time whilst working part time?

Good luck with whatever you decide, my mum worked all sorts of little jobs whilst being at home with kids. Now divorced she lives off state pension whilst my dad has a lovely pension from all his years of working. Sucks a bit really but its the choices we make.

Uni will help with childcare costs.
The SW degree is not a part time option mainly because of the placements. There is a bursary that comes with acceptance onto the course - think its about £4k per year.

FBaby

bigmomma051204 wrote: »

FBaby - you are being unusually harsh today :cool: OP - You can ask... but i reckon you probably wont get! What stands out to me in this whole thing is that OP has said her ex works in the financial sector. Why is it always people who work in that sector who are the WORST with money!?!!

Oh and FBaby - your ex paid you nothing. So if he had said "here have £800+ per month to pay for the kids and help you with the financial burden of a home etc" I guess you would have .... refused him... yeah..? :cool:

Yes, you are right, I apologise for the harshness, it came out more than I intended. It was more in reaction to the first post than the subsequent ones.

How would I feel if my ex gave £800 for the kids? I honestly think it would depend on the situation. As it is, he is currently working, I could insist on him paying something, but I don't because for a number of reasons, it is not worth the battle that would result from it and because I don't need it (although any additional £££ would be welcome). When he was earning a decent salary, I still agree for him to only pay £160 a month for our two children, even though csa would have probably assessed him at at least twice this amount. But all situations are different, I don't begrudge pwcs who expect to receive what they are entitled to but to think they should get even more than the huge amount of maintenance is in my views greedy.