To ask how much child maintenance you get?

[Ellen7262]

Just a rough figure. DD's dad contributed £40 a month for the first two months after we split and since then sweet fuck all. I have absolutely no clue how much a father should be paying for his child and no idea even where to start on getting him to pay.

He is NC with her, however his DM makes a big effort with her. If he's on a similar wage now to what he was at the time I was with him then he will be around the £40k mark.

Side note - I am financially comfortable even without payments from him, WIBU to claim if I don't technically need the money?

I don't have any kids yet so I can't give you anything to go on but wanted to say that £40 a month when he's on £40k+ is ridiculous!?

I'm sorry I don't know who to contact to get maintenance payments set up but I'm sure another MNer will know. Hopefully they can back date it and the tight git will pay! Good luck!

Child maitenance calculator will tell you what is the legal minimum.
www.gov.uk/calculate-your-child-maintenance

Yes he should pay at least that. Put it away for your child if you don't need it.

Use the cms if he won't contribute - probably worth doing so now whilst you have an idea of his income.

It depends on his income . £7 is payment for unemployed . Yes contact cmo . He should contribute to raising his child

@Charm23 thank you! I'm thinking if he does end up paying I'll just chuck it all in a savings account for her to have when she's older.

I get nothing at all for 2 dc. Haven't had anything for about 4 years now.

On a salary of 40k you should be getting more than £40 per month though!

You should contact CMS and get him to pay for his child. You may be comfortable but he needs to pay for his child, you could even save the money for them if you wanted?

Without using the calculator, a conservative guess would be £300 per month, probably more.

Definitely use the calculator above and claim through CMS. He has a responsibility to his child.

I get 1500 a month but I have 5 with ex h and he earns a good amount, I'm not technically entitled to any as we share the children 50/50 but he is happy to give it to me.

He's on roughly £40k a year? I've just done the calculations for you and if he doesn't have any other dependents living with him and doesn't see DD my reckoning is he should be paying £71 a week.

I would definitely look into getting him to cough up.

@NewtScamandersNaughtyNiffler Nothing for 4 years?? Why not try to get it backdated? Even if you don't need the money, your children could use it when they're older. Plus, I hate to think of parents getting away with bringing children into the world and not paying the costs to raise them.

Assuming a 10% pension and no other children then he should be paying around £83 per week! So £360 a month. Definitely Cms.

It's not really helpful knowing what others get as it is supposed to depend on salary. Fwiw I get zero...

Supposedly £100 per month (he earns around £16k a year), but he often underpays or doesn't pay at all until CMS remind him and there's Sweet FA i can do about it as he's seen to be contributing

A friend of mine partner earns 2600 after tax and she gets 83 per week

It's looking at around £100 a week which was way above my guesstimate to be honest. It's not even about the mone

Posted too early! It's not even about the money, it's more the principle. I just want him to bloody offer to pay for her winter coat

Charm23 annoyingly the twat and his wife have very cleverly set up their benefits in such a way that CMS have made a nil assessment so I'm apparently not entitled to any.
I don't know how he sleeps at night tbh!

Go through the CMS. It isn't just about the money. He's her father and should contribute to her upbringing.

£0 pm for almost 10 years now

I am supposed to get 166 a month. But he won't pay, and every time they set up a deduction of earnings he leaves his job. He also knows enough people to work cash in hand. CMS have said it's a loophole as they can't stop him job hopping nor can they stop him working cash in hand. Owed thousands. Oh and he isn't allowed to see DS as he is a violent asshole.

I can't believe how many of us there is getting nothing from the other parent. Absolutely disgusting. Do your ex's have contact with the kids?

I get nothing.

Go through the CMO.

Ellen, contact has no bearing on child maintenance.

I get £500 a month and he earns less than 40k.

I actually don't know how you are all coping getting nothing, that is disgusting. How the hell do they look themselves in the mirror??

No, but it does have an impact on how much CM is due depending on the number of overnights.

We give DH's ex £480 for 1 dc, who we have most holidays and EOW.