Main Carer Being Short Changed on Child Maintenance

MightyMum

I wanted to check if anyone else is having the same issue with calculations for child maintenance as I'm sure it's not fair.

So, my ex has our child every other weekend and every other week 1 mid-week night, i.e. 3 nights a fortnight. And then 4 weeks holiday a year. To me, the calculation should therefore be ((48 ÷ 2) * 3)+(4×7) = 100

But child maintenance calculate as (52*2)+(4*7)=132

This then puts him in a different bracket for support and so he pays less.

Apparently their systems can't calculate if it's not the same number of nights each week and can't work out how to not double count the days of the holidays!

But this means they're paying less maintenance- has anyone else experienced? I appealed it but was told I was wrong!

Woodstok2000

It seems its the total that is important, so have you tried telling them he has the child 1.92 days every week? Or if they cant cope with decimals, go with 2 nights per week.

tetrarch

There calculation is obviously nonsense - even if they can't cope with part days then it should be at the very worst:

(52*2)+(4*5) or (48*2)+(4*7), either of which = 124

132 is definitely wrong

(48*2.5)+(4*7) is the simplest way to express it

Regards

Tet