Is there anything I can do? Child maintenance

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So I have three kids with my ex husband, all teens. Two live with me 5-6 nights a week, the other stays with each of us 50:50.

He decided to go on a three week long haul jolly over Christmas with his girlfriend, I asked him if he could cover the maintenance before Christmas is poss to help out.

hes sent a contribution of £100 (£85k salary) to the child we share equal care of to cover the three weeks. because its ‘all he can afford’ and has said he doesn’t need to pay extra for the other two because it falls within the bracket of payment that he already pays.

i don’t know if it seems petty but im disgusted that he thinks it’s fine to rely on me for childcare over Christmas and whilst im working, but given it’s a temporary change, is there anything I can do, or do I need to suck it up? He knows I will have done everything in his absence to ensure they’ve had a wonderful Christmas.

Fucking hell, no wonder we are all fucked!

OP, you should get more, you wont get more. Your ex is an arse.

The bar is in hell, right?! Thank you x

Irrelevant to this really but can people seriously believe teenagers don't cost at least £100 extra to feed and entertain for the extra half of the three weeks? That's like one ticket to an event and enough food for a couple of days.

Glad your new partner is a better example to the boys.

There's nothing you can do.
My ex had the minimum he could get away with. When he realised his maintenance would be maximum he dropped all school holidays but my money never changed.
They are awful fathers and human beings and I am well out of the other side now and don't get any money. Not even anything direct to them at uni - but he's currently in Florida.
Scum is too nice a word. I would look at booking your own three week break if you can ( he wouldn't even have ours when I was in hospital so I never dared)

Does he pay correct rates for the children who aren't 50/50? He might be technically correct but he's being an arse imo so unless you're getting huge amounts for the others then he should have sent at least double that.
Well done you op for raising your kids and damn right you deserve a holiday too!