My DH child lives with us, and he has an older DC who lives with exw and has basically cut all ties with us. Exw does not have any contact whatsoever with the child who lives with us, I do everything for DSC.
Anyways older child is in employment now, but DSC is still at school. AIBU to put a child maintenance claim in? The ex is just a horrible person and I can't help thinking that just because she has abandoned her child
That she shouldn't have to pay maintenance? I will be honest and I hold a serious grudge against this woman, purely for the way she has treated DSC. But myself and DH have spent years fighting the csa and eventually winning the case because we had shared care and proof of money handed over for years. She lied to them and told them the kids stayed 'three times a year if that' which I fully disproved. But I do feel a little resentful that we had all that grief for so long yet now she seems to get away Scot free. Not even so much as a birthday card for DSC. More infuriating that we only had to deal with the csa because she was committing benefit fraud for SEVEN YEARS which has only come to light recently because of her disloyal family members - but now I've looked into it i have discovered it's true (electoral roll for years after moving in with fiancé, csa actually saying how long she was a 'single parent' for - which was a definite slip up, and in all honesty I think they advised her to back off the last time she rang them)
I love my DSC and would work all the hours God sends for her - but I can't help feeling the horrible bitch should be held accountable in some way for her actions
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FrustratedStepMum · 27/11/2015 23:05
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