To have laughed at this.

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For the last six years my exh has been self employed, prior to this he had an attachment of earnings due to non payment of maintainence.
Since he has become self employed I have had a nil due statement through every six months. When I question it I am told they go off his tax return, fair enough.
Yesterday I called again and had the usual answer, I then said I only thought it was prisoners, students or people in a residential home who were exempt from the £5 a week minium payment to be told his outgoings exceed his income!
No shit, mine don't by just a tenner, because I feed, house and clothe our daughter!

Don't really see the funny bit

Not seeing the giggles here either.

methinks it"s a "you laugh or you would cry "?

It is laughable that 'his outgoings exceed his income' is an excuse for not contributing towards his children.

I thought OP meant ironic laughter? Kind of, if you didn't laugh you'd cry? (Might be being thick though).

Ah rigth Narked that makes sense. Bit slow today.

What a wanker. I hope he enjoys spending all the money he's hiding from the taxman and his own child. How clever he is

It was more of an ironic laugh, I was just thinking that it was alright for the parent with residence to be in debt, which luckily I am not. If the other parent has mortgaged themselves up to there eyes and have debts this means they don't even have to give a fiver a week like people on JSA or a State pension.

Or indeed is hiding money from the Tax man.

More like you have to laugh or never stop crying!

My ex tried to tell them he had debts from the marriage to pay. Utter bollox! They accepted my version. Still out DD loves with him now and he hasn't even approached the CSA.

Lives with him!

I work hard never to get into any sort of debt and we live a very frugal life, surely if a nrp has debts doesn't negate their responsiblity for their child?

I thought it was only marital debts or debts from in the relationship that counted, not debts acquired since.

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There were no marital debts, but thank you for that I will ask. I had just given up for the last four years but now our DD is at secondary school it is getting more expensive.

There were no marital debts, but thank you for that I will ask. I had just given up for the last four years but now our DD is at secondary school it is getting more expensive.

Stupid phone!

Totally agree! It's ok for non-resident parent not to be able to pay for things but the money's got to come from somewhere! And that's the resident parent, whether they have it or not - ridiculous!