I finally decided to bite the bullet and make a claim through CMS yesterday for direct pay. Ex and I separated almost seven years ago and have 3 DC who never stay overnight at his, he barely sees them tbh (his choice) and he pays next to fuck all. When he does pay it’s incredibly irregular and he always makes me ask for the money, I think it’s a method of control of kinds. I have to ask and then I’m often met with excuses about him not having been paid yet and that he doesn’t know when he will be paid. This week it was that he’d been massively underpaid so could only send me half this week and half next week. I don’t believe this for one second, he’s a retail store manager so his wages will be consistent.
Anyway, I took the plunge and sent the application off. I inputted all of his contact details including address, workplace and phone number which I’m hoping speeds the process up a little. I’m just wondering if anyone has any experience with CMS and if so, how quickly would they typically make first contact with him? Thank you.