Child support, is there any way I can get more from him?

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I have four children, my ex pays the very minimum he can get away with (less than £300 a month) and has recently got away with paying even less as he is claiming financial responsibility for his new girlfriends children who live with them (they have a mother who works and a father who pays support also).

I can only work very limited hours as I have a child with ADHD and another child who needs a lot of support and at least 2 days a month are taken up by travelling over 100 miles to specialist appointments.

He hasn't seen my children, bothered with birthdays, christmas, even phonecalls for over a year (not that it makes a difference with regards to support).

Quite frankly its pissing me off that my income is very limited due to my dcs needs (I have to be self employed so I can work round all the appointments), and he gets to claim financial responsibility for kids that aren't his and pay me an utter pittance.

Is there any way to get more money from him (I realise this makes me sound really grabby but I'm struggling to live on what we have at the moment).

Unfortunately if he is paying what is required from the CSA then no.

Thanks, I think I was hoping there was some loophole as my ability to work is limited due to our childrens needs, and the fact he is claiming a discount on what he has to pay for our children because of kids who aren't his is annoying me too.

Nothing you can do , my dh isn't paying anything, I have 2 dc's with sn's so I know how frustrating it must be. Are you claiming everything you can? DLA for your dc? I manage to cope with no financial help from my dc's father but I'm not saying that that's ok ( he should still pay for them ).

I haven't tried claiming DLA, I'm not sure I would get for my younger dc, as long as there is a strict routine and various things in place she is quite settled most of the time, its hard work maintaining the constant routine for her though, and the specialist help my older dc is getting isn't something I can claim for.

Sorry to hear your ex is being a bigger twat than mine (although he only paid because I got it taken from his wages after 3 years of little to no money at all) I don't know how these people can walk away from their kids and reduce their relationship to the bare minimum they can get away with

DLA is PIP now,

Do try and get DLA for your child ( it's is still DLA for children not PIP ), if you get it then you maybe able to claim other things such as careers allowence and extra tax credits ( depending on what level of DLA your child's on ), I get it for both of my dc's and claim careers, because my dc's are on middle and higher rate I can also claim income support.

My dh is in work, he refuses to pay DLA as he is still paying a couple small bills from when he lived here ( works out about £20 a week ), he has the dc's one day a week but tells me if I claim CSA he won't be able to afford to live in his flat so he won't be able to have the dc. Basically he is a twat

( it's is still DLA for children not PIP )

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Check with the CMS. I believe there is a channel for a variation where there is a child with a disability. Also definitely check out the DLA.