I separated from my ex husband last year. He refused to move out of the house. We have one child.
We are now divorced, he is still in the house but we have agreed a consent order that he moves out within the next 6 months.
He’s absolutely vile to live with. He’s dragging everything out and is hell bent on making me miserable. I’m just biding my time. Once this order is signed he’ll get what’s coming.
I was thinking about child maintenance. Obviously he’ll have to pay it once he goes but does he have to pay now? He currently pays half the mortgage and bills but does his own food shopping for himself. I asked him to lay half school uniforms last year, he asked for receipts, deliberated for 2 weeks then gave me less than half. He doesn’t contribute towards any of our childs food, hobbies, childcare etc. Can I claim as soon as he signs the order? And can I backdate it to May last year?