Aibu to challenge ex and cms

[iactuallygiveup]

I have received child maintenance for my child for the last 2 years.
I received a notification from the CMS with a payment change.
my ex and his wife are claiming they have split and she has moved out with the children, therefore is claiming maintenance from him. They have 3 children so my child’s maintenance has gone down by around 50%
unbeknown to them my cousin and her husband live in the same street. My cousin has said the wife and children still live there, nothings changed. I have made CMS aware of this. What are the chances they will actually look into this.

Probably zero chance. The system is weighted against those receiving CMS no matter what daily mail articles about men committing suicide over CMS will have you believe

I don’t have any advice but my God these inadequate men doing what they can to avoid paying for their children is disgusting.

You should report to benefits office too, you’re probably not the only one they’re doing this to

The lengths to which men go to avoid contributing to the upbringing of their child is astounding.
I doubt CMS will do anything unless you push them, the system is absolutely terrible.
From experience you need to get to a tribunal to get things to be looked at in depth, this takes years.

This.