Hi,
My child Maintenance Calculation for the 2 children I have is tiny. My ex has to pay less than £200 a month. They live with me 75% of the time. He leads a lavish lifestyle in a big detached house (rental) a fancy car, holidays, etc.
The calculation is based purely on "unearned income" of less than £500 a week.
He creates his own companies and then closes them down and starts another. He goes from contract to contract. I've told CMS this, and given them details. He has had a much much higher income than what CMS are basing their calculation on, but he must be hiding it. I've raised this to them, but the calcuation they come back with is only based on this "unearned income" and nothing else. I thought they would look properly into his incomings and outgoings but they can't have. He's lived for years in this way. Can I get some advice please on what to do next? I can appeal the judgement but why haven't they looked properly into this already? How do I push this.
Thank you
M.