Need advice about child maintenance

emilyyej

My ex is a part time uni student. I just called the child maintenance to see if I could get some money from him to help with the costs of raising our child but they said because he is a uni student he doesn’t have to pay anything. I thought part time students had to pay? It’s not fair because I know he has money and he doesn’t struggle 

Comms69

Needs more context to be honest. You say he has money, but does he have an income? I assume that voluntary payments arent possible?

emilyyej

Well he’s told a lot of lies to me so I don’t have a clue where he gets his money from. All I know is he is a part time uni student and is studying law. He doesn’t have a job 

emilyyej

No he doesn’t care about are son and isn’t willing to help out so calling child maintenance was my only option 

Comms69

emilyyej said:

Well he’s told a lot of lies to me so I don’t have a clue where he gets his money from. All I know is he is a part time uni student and is studying law. He doesn’t have a job 

emilyyej said:

No he doesn’t care about are son and isn’t willing to help out so calling child maintenance was my only option 

Ah ok so a couple of stumbling blocks.

Lack of a job - the primary enforcement for CMS is to deduct from wages. If he doesnt have wages to deduct from that is the biggest stumbling block. On top of that you dont know if he actually has money, or if he is given money routinely e.g. by parents. 

On the bright side:
1: Eventually he will have a job, and if it's in law, it'll be reasonably well paid. I know it sucks, but you will eventually get something.
2: You both sound young. I'm sorry he doesnt care about your child. It's a really difficult situation, my ex was a single mum when i met her, so i do understand how hard it is, especially with young children. Things to get better and easier.

On a side note, what's the relationship with that side of the family like? his parents or siblings?