I divorced my ex many years ago.<br><br>He is a very high earner, has a top management position, and owns a substantial part of the company he directs. But when it comes to money, he is absolutely irrational when trying to protect what he considers his: He has a form for stalking people and is a very credible liar. He can't diferentiate between what is right and what is wrong.<br><br>After spending most of my married life as SAHM, I'm exactly the oposite: I work in a junior position and, if it were not for the blessed tax credits, DS and I would have spent the last few years living under a bridge. <br><br>If it were not for DS, I would have left him keep everything we had and get on with my life, but I took him to court as I simply couldn't afford to keep a roof over DS's head on my salary alone. But he lied in court and unfortunately, they believed him, so I'm getting a small amount as spousal and child maintenance, but even put together they are not even half of what he should be paying in child maintenance.<br><br>I'm afraid of his irrational behaviour, in the past he has been known to follow me around, do early checks around and inside the house just in case I had a boyfriend coming into the house. He is not checking out of jealousy, he hates me, but he knows that if I start living with someone, the spousal maintenance will stop ( I'm ok with that) but he has also reported me to tax credits saying I had a partner, when in fact I have not lived with ANYONE since we split.<br><br>My work hours have gone down recently and I no longer receive working tax credits. I have been looking for another job for months on end with no luck so we are struggling. I'm tempted to contact CMS to see if the child maintenance can be raised to the minimum amount but I'm afraid I might be opening Pandora's box again.<br><br>Problem is, I have a boyfriend, who <u>doesn't</u> live with me (before some of you suggest he should be helping me out, it is still early days in the relationship for anything like that being discussed). And I'm afraid exH might start stalking me again if I apply for the child maintenance to be raised, or that he claims I'm living with my boyfriend and loose the rest of the tax credits (they will be re instated as I'm not living with him, I'm sure, but while they are investigating there won't be enough money even for basic necessities).<br><br>Shall I apply to have the CM corrected or forget about it?