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Hello all, I pay regular child maintenance payments to my ex for my 11yo daughter.
She is moving up to secondary school.
My ex is now asking me for half of the money she spent on my daughters back to school clothes etc.
This would be outside of the child maintenance payments.
Is this allowed? If I pay child maintenance at the rate I am told to pay, should she be asking me for extra. She also receives child benefit.
Thanks in advance.

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  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    She's allowed to ask, obviously. But you arent obliged to pay.
  • diego_94
    diego_94 Posts: 222 Forumite
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    What Comms69 said ^^^^^^
  • ZaSa1418
    ZaSa1418 Posts: 651 Forumite
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    She can ask what she wants but you don't have to give it to her
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