Child Maintenance Question

declan199210

Hi,

I have a child arrangement order and have done since 2017. Now the agreement is that my son lives with me on a full time basis and has 6 hours supervised contact every other week with his mother.

in the arrangement there’s specifics about gifts etc however not about Maintanence.

his mother has since married and doesn’t work and lives off her other half.

now my question is where do I stand with regards to child maintenance? Is it solely based upon her own earnings or joint earnings between them both?

Caz3121

maintenance would be solely based on her earnings, her husbands earnings are not relevant/included in the calculations

ZaSa1418

It would be based on her earnings. You could still apply for maintenance incase she does get a job or if she is claiming benefits you will get £7 a week 

declan199210

Thanks for the reply’s.

Think I’m better off sticking to our private arrangement in that case then!