Is it worth it for £2.90?

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My ex is a twat.

Absolute nightmare in maintenance. Always late and he has arrears. I went through cms and he's still no better.

He never pays on time - always 1 or 2 days late and it's always £2.90 per week less than it should be.

Yesterday I asked him yet again to pay and pay the correct amount. He replied with laughing emojis and said he would pay.

Today he has paid but not the right amount.

£2.90 doesn't make much difference to our daughter but equally if you added it up in a year it's £150ish that is missed.

Would you go back to cms and tell them he's not paying the correct amount?

Not sure I can handle the abusive messages I would get for doing it.

I feel I'm being petty but this man is so controlling it's unreal.

do you have to pay anything to progress this?

if not, hell yes i’d progress

and i’d set aside that £2.90 a week for a nice coffee and i’d think “this is on you twat” with every sip

Yes I would.
Hes taking the p*ss and depriving his child of money the law says he should pay and he’s disrespecting you.
When he sends you abusive texts reply with the same emojis.

No it won't make a difference to me. Thank you, that's a good idea!

As you say, over a year it's £150 - he shouldn't get away with it. It's his tiny, pathetic way of sticking two fingers up at you.

Yes I would

I would remind him that if he doesn't pay the correct amount voluntarily then CMS can take it and charge him a fee for doing so each month

He sounds intensely irritating. I would be chasing that up on principle, even if it cost me £3 per week to do so. I would see each abusive message as thishaving annoyed him, and that would be cheering.

I agree with the others. Inform cms that he is refusing to pay the correct amount AND not on time. Get him with both otherwise he could end up paying the correct amount but weeks late.

He's doing it deliberately but he's obviously forgotten it's a court order and official. I also agree with having that coffee 😉

I'd definitely follow up with CMS. How long has it been going on for? I hope they charge him interest x

Is there a significance to £2.90?

Any idea why it's always 2.90 less? Does it make it a round number?

Personally yes I'd go to cms and say he's not paying the correct amount or on time

The £2.90 only about 6 weeks. He went 10 weeks without paying so this extra is the arrears. He had letters threatening court so only started paying again when he received those but it's never on time and not the right amount

It's the same amount as he pays his other ex I'm guessing. That is the amount he told me he would pay before I went to cms....but then he never paid so I had to make a claim. Mine is £2.90 more due to his arrears.

It might feel petty but you’re obviously dealing with a petty man in the first place who is shortchanging his child.

Yes I would pursue it out of principle. Even if it doesn’t make a difference to you. He obviously knows that he’s not paying the right amount and is probably doing it for a reason, to get at you. Also he could start paying even less in the future thinking he’s getting away with it.

It's 'only' £2.90 now but no doubt he will increase that if he gets away with it so I'd go through CMS.

Thank you all for the advice - I will do it tomorrow.

Just need to mentally prepare myself to be called 'jealous' 'bitter' and accused of trying to destroy his life 🙄

The £2.90 only about 6 weeks. He went 10 weeks without paying so this extra is the arrears. He had letters threatening court

So he's refusing to pay his arrears? Yep, definitely inform cms he is refusing to pay that, rather than saying it's not the right amount. It might trigger the court action very quickly which might be very satisfying to see.

I really think CM should come out of wages - it's ridiculous that men can control their XPs like this.

The fact it's the arrears that he's refusing to pay makes a huge difference. I'd definitely be reporting that

He's just doing this to continue to wind you up and exert control over you. £2.90 is not a lot but £150 will cover your DC Xmas gifts. I'd be thinking of it like that. Go back to CMS and set out his payment history. They are not stupid they will see he's trying to prove a stupid point score over you. They can deduct money from him directly and then charge him for them to forward it to you each month. Tell them you want this because he can't be trusted to send you the correct amount each month.

Block him on everything.

He's a nob. Follow it up. Good luck!

I think that there are some US states that do wage garnishment. I have no idea why it isn't done here.

so he is not paying the arrears ?

let CMS deal with it and him

every single time