split with ex 5 years ago In 5 years I have never had a single child maintenance payment as ex “isn’t working or claiming benefits” so no payment, I closed the case out of frustration last year for not receiving anything, however a week ago I opened the case again not for money, just for proof if I ever needed it that he never contributed a single penny to our children so I could show them in future (ex is a compulsive liar so wanted to cover my back on that) I am not expecting any payments I’ve made peace with that, his arrears have been wiped which is fine as I was never going to see them anyway. In 5 years I’ve had a case with them my ex has never engaged with them at all, he has ignored all calls and letters, so I was surprised to get a call from child maintenance a couple of days ago to say that they had spoken to my ex and he told them we are going to have a family based arrangement and he is going to be paying me directly, this is not true I have no contact at all with my ex and he hasn’t seen our children in 2 years, and he has paid nothing into my account, what happens if he lies to them will they take his word for it? I don’t want to have an arrangement with him I want to stick to cms even if that means not getting anything, can I do this or will they make me communicate with him?