Child maintenance/payments to wife

clearingout

rpc wrote: »

It seems to me that a fair settlement would be for ex to claim CB and no maintenance to be payable.

what if one parent has to pay full childcare (ie. for 14 days out of 14) whilst the other pays nothing as their working pattern allows them not to have to use childcare? what if there is a significant difference in incomes between the parents? what if one parent has a new partner that they live with who is working but the other is still on their own?

There are so many possible variables that make a no-maintenance payable in a 50/50 case that it is possible to say what is and what isn't fair.

janninew

summerof0763 wrote: »

honeztly some on here are like animals against the op, what happened to be nice to all mon, savers? your like an animal pack.

op is trying to help her boyfriend get out of debt!! they are trying to sort out his money, they are not saying he wants to stop paying, just find out if he should be paying ad much, given the circumstances.
I personally think he is paying too much, given he has daughter 50/50pays for clothes food etc, I think you should check the calculator and tell the mum that's how much she is getting.

You often get the feeling of wolves circling on this board! Lots of people with axes to grind I think.

The amount payable to the parent with care is 15% with deductions for the nights he has their child. If he is paying £400.00 per month now he most be on quite a reasonable wage, or he is overpaying. If it were me, I would be paying the CSA amount, obviously still providing for the child as you do now when they come to stay. If the Mum is struggling she will have to up her hours at work, if she only has her daughter for half a week it would be doable.

I don't think you have come across as unpleasant OP, its perfectly understandably that you want to help your OH if he has asked for it. The ex wife could be in a very good position financially, £400.00 per month of your OH, CB and possible tax credits, plus her own wage and she only has her daughter half the time!

janninew

cazziebo wrote: »

But you said she was earning less than him- why should she pay?

I apologise if I've picked this up wrongly but hardly a week goes by on this board without some resentful new partner coming on to whine about how much her boyfriend pays for his family. We get one side of the story about how the mother wrings her ex dry and new partner is "just trying to be fair". A few posts later we get to hear that the children are sent out barefoot in rags while the mother frequents night clubs with a new pair of shoes every week...obviously squirrelling the maintenance way for herself!

Children are a commitment for life. This is for your boyfriend to resolve with the mother of his daughter. It's not your argument.

Besides as you are a two income household then your partner must be better off now than when he was single? (presuming he left his wife before starting a new relationship)

I was just wondering with the highlighted part, do you believe that if a PWC earns more than the NRP they shouldn't have to pay CSA?

FBaby

I am really surprised by the aggressive responses you've had. Of course it isn't right that your ex should be paying £400 a month in maintenance when he already contributes 50% of everything. Why should he? This is not right at all.

To start with, have you done a csa calculation, subtracting how many days a year she is with you? For all you know, it will along come down to a few £££ a month. If it does still come to say £100, then maybe you can agree that she buys her school shoes (surely she doesn't need two pairs) or pay for her activities (which I expect are once a week, not once a fortnight?).