Can I close a child maintenance claim without notifying the other parent?

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Does anyone know if you close a child maintenance claim is there a way to do it without it notifying the other parent? (I’m the receiving parent) can I close it without him being informed?

No. They’ll write to him to let him know that no more payments are due. Obviously.

If he missed the letter or doesn’t check his online portal then he’d still notice when he didn’t get a new calculation at the start of your next claiming year.

Why do you want to close it? If you are receiving payments but you don't need them, put the money in a savings account.

I don’t want to put the money into savings, I guess theres a chance he may not open the letter.

Why would you want to?

Why would you stop it? It's money that benefits your DC- to clothe them, to keep them fed, to keep them warm, to keep them shod, to develop their interests and so on...

Oh yes rhe £1.75 a week really contributes to all of that..
i just want to know if he would be notified

Why don't you want him to know OP?
£1.75 a week is a complete insult... assume he's on benefits?

See i completely agree that the £1.75 is a complete insult.
But I would definitely keep taking it and just putting it into a separate account. Because the moment you stop.claiming he will go and get a proper job... so out of spite I'd take every penny!
Yes, he will be notified on his log in, ans will receive an email or text about there being a new message.

He will have to get a job eventually took my ex about 5 years ish but he got a job in the end

No he won’t it’s been 10 years

No he won’t I thought the same but it’s been 10 years so won’t hold my breath

£1.75 a week for 10 years is £910 - so if you put it in a savings account for your DC then they have a nice windfall at 18?

Well it wouldn’t as it would need to be divided by them.

Because I don’t want to do anything that might cause him to contact us

Yes it will notify him. Why do you care?

Then why make a fuss of cancelling the money?

If he’s paying £1.75 a week rather then £7 then he probably has another CMS claim so he may be notified that his assessment for that claim has changed.

tbh if you don’t want to risk him noticing anything or getting in touch then your best bet is just to ignore the £1.75 coming in. If it annoys you seeing it maybe have it paid into a random account and just don’t ever look at it?

Leave things as they are then if you stop it he might contact you or worse them

Because I don’t want him to contact me

Because I want to cut all ties, he doesn’t see our children or have any contact with them so I want nothing from him.

Why does he pay so little? Isn't it £7 per week if the NRP is on benefits?

And FWIW my ex somehow convinced the CMS he couldn't afford anything despite his business being openly available to view inn Facebook. I still didn't close the claim just in case. And if he ever tried to claim that I didn't let him pay then I can prove the opposite.

I get that totally, but he will be notified, there is no way round that, so only you can decide if it’s worth the risk

He either has other CMS claims so the money is split, or priority debt (CMS is behind a load of other things in terms of priority legally) being taken from his benefits and that is all that is left.

Hr doesn't see.your kids. He doesn't contact your kids. He sends £7 a month. Just leave it as it is. Stopping CM is more about you than him. It will be counter intuitive. It will provoke contact which you claim not to want. Just go about your business and meave the deadbeat where he is. Insignificant.