My exH has recently increased the nights the kids are with him, he previously had them 2 nights a week and he now has them 4 nights one week and 3 nights the next, I think he believes he has them 50/50 on this basis, however I have them for 5 nights then 4 nights so he does not. The issue is that we do not work on a 7 day week due to his shift working so the pattern is over 16 nights and not 14 and goes as such:
Him - 4 nights
Me - 4 Nights
Him - 3 nights
Me - 5 nights
And repeat.
He previously had to pay £300 a month, he has not been making these payments since he increased his nights, I updated the CMS with the new arrangement and they have rejected the request saying the payments were to remain the same.
My issue here is that I am happy for him to pay less as he is having them more but I think think he needs to make some sort of contribution for them even if its minimal. In addition I usually pay all their lunch monies whilst they are in school which comes to around £130 a month and buy their uniforms, he just buys spare shirts and trousers/skirts for his own house.
Can anyone suggest a fair way to broach this? I want to suggest something to him that is fair and reasonable for both of us and just wondered if anyone had any suggestions? I think the split is actually 60/40 in my favour.