Unpaid maintenance vs holiday abroad

[Frustratedmum75]

Advice???
My narcissistic ex husband has not paid regular maintenance for about 3 years and is now according to CMS £3500 in arrears. He is not working AGAIN so my payments have stopped again (I’ve only had 2 in 2 years). Has just emailed to say he wants to take the children abroad on holiday in the summer and can I give him their passports. Should I demand he pays all he owes first? How can he afford a holiday abroad if he is not working and can’t afford child maintenance? What do I do?

Are his parents maybe funding the holiday ?

I'd let them go, children should never be "pay per view" when it comes to access.

Let the CMS deal with the chid support and keep the children out of it. They should be protected from adult affairs whist they are children.

He's selfish but I'm always astounded by how many parents feel it's ok to not work and support children. It's not even rare anymore.

No, possibly his GF funding it or his Cash in hand job. I agree they should never be ‘pay per view’ I have no issue with him having them, just think it’s really crap to work full time to try and support them and all their activities and childcare(all the boring stuf) and he gets to take them on holiday which I can’t afford!

Tell him to pay up first. Sounds like a right arsehole

He should definitely pay you some money before taking them away. Wouldn't you like to use 'cash in hand' to pay for a holiday - but you can't as you have to pay rent/mortgage, bills, food, school expenses etc etc.... Unfortunately idiots who don't support their children will never change. So do you want to deny the kids this trip.....would he actually give you any money if you say no?