Do Consent Orders expire?!

[Bluelightlover]

Following my divorce 18 months ago my ex-H has been paying maintenance which is specified in the order.

He's recently reduced it saying that after 12 months the consent order isn't relevant.

On the order it says until the children are 18y.

Which is correct??

Thanks

Hahaha! He’s trying it on. Of course its til they're 18!

In theory you are both right, the consent order is until they are 18 but the amount can be contested after 12 months or rather recalculated using the cms the court can't enforce an amount more than that

Is it child maintenance or contains an element of spousal
if just child then he can go to cms after 12 months and it could be chsnged

The order!!
The order IS the law.
Letters from solicitors (I mention this because people often go down this threatening route) and ex’s proclamations/declarations are nothing more than empty wishing wells.
Consent orders are everything. The rest is noise (usually the sound of a whinging piglet crying over having to actually financially support his children).

Thank you.

It is just child maintenance. He's arguing the number of nights he's having them. I've worked out he is in the 2-3 threshold. He believes he's in the one above. How does the cms decide whose 'right' as it's effectively my word against his.

The vanguard- that’s not correct when it comes to child maintenance. After 12 months jurisdiction moves to cms and the value can be varied - and courts don’t have power over them