Posting here before asking my solicitor in case I can work this out without having to pay for advice.
I get Child Benefit for 3 DC. STBXH is self employed and earns more than me, and has to repay child benefit (different amounts each year). I also sometimes earn more than the threshold, but always less than STBXH (I only found this out from the form E but that's another story).
When we divorce, will I be liable to pay back the CB or will he? He will still earn more than me, and has the DC EOW and one evening a week.
If I have to pay it back because he is no longer my "partner" then I'll end up worse off and he will end up better off (I'll be taking on a payment that he used to be responsible for). Would it be reasonable to factor this into my request for more than statutory CMS level child maintenance?
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Child Benefit when divorcing (one higher earner)
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JaggySplinter · 21/08/2020 08:41
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