i'm really hoping someone can help me. I divorced my ex 6 years ago after 12 years of bullying and abuse. We have two children. Our divorce was massively complicated but in brief... At the time I divorced him and because of the years of abuse, I wanted to get out as quickly as possible. i ran away from home with nothing more that cloths in a suitcase for me and the children. I was so broken and frightened I ended up agreeing to a clean break divorce to get rid of him as quickly as possible - I agreed to no spousal maintenance and a paltry child maintenance of £50 per week per child. We have a court order for the children (residency with me) and finances, no spousal and the agreed child maintenance. My ex gives noother monetary support beyond what is written in the court order. At the time of divorce he had just been fired from his job and he had drained all our bank accounts. so there was very little to ask for and I have ended up supporting the children. I think he deliberately put himself in this position to make it impossible for me to ask for any financial support.
But almost as soon as the decree absolut was signed he then took a job paying over £100k per year. I believe he is on circa £130k now. I understand that with a clean break divorce i cannot ask for spousal maintenance but is it possible to make a claim for an increase in child support. I thought the guidelines were 17% of gross salary for the first child. I would love to know if anyone has any experience of this. Every divorce settlement seems to be different. I am the only person I know of my networks who never got a spousal maintenance. I feel quite aggrieved even now that while he drives around in his brand new range rover sport I am literally busting to make ends meet every month to keep a roof over the kids heads. I would just like to know if I can re-apply to the courts for an increase in child support based on his earnings now. Or is the clean break court order absolutely final on that score? Thanks in advance.