Talking to a family member at N.Y. get together. He's been divorced a year or so now, has children every other weekend and during part of school hols. He sadly got made redundant just before Xmas, luckily he got a decent pay out which will last a few months. When I saw him he said he'd got a new job, which of course we were pleased about. However new job is part time, and pays a lot less than his previous salary. He said he felt he needed a better work life balance and to spend more time with his DC. He's expecting his Ex to agree this and also to agree a reduction in maintenance (he now pays over what he needs to, but when he starts new job wants to reduce it to the minimum of his new salary, which won't be much, and I think reduce that further because he'll have the DC closer to 50%of the time.
I can't decide what I think about it. I applaud him wanting more time with his children, but I'm just not sure how it will work or what his Exs reaction will be. He thinks that as she is fairly comfortable financially it won't make much difference to her.
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is my relatives financial decision unreasonable?
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rolledoats · 03/01/2015 15:54
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