I have a 13yo daughter. Split with her dad when she was 2. Since then he’s been having her Saturday night and never once asked for more nights.
I recently asked him for more money as was only getting £100 a month. He earns just short of £47k a year. He refused so I went to CMS. They awarded me a lot more and he obviously doesn’t like it
he Starts messaging saying he wants 50/50 like 3 nights a week and even went to a solicitor as I got a letter of his demands.
my daughter is happy with the current arrangements of Saturday night, she also knows she can go see her dad whenever she wants to, I’d never stop her. she has a good school routine and a few after school activity’s etc.
The situation is making me anxious. He is only doing this to avoid paying extra money. Why should my child at 13 change her routine? Would a judge see through him or would she be forced to spend more time at her dad’s? I don’t think it’s fair to drag my child through a court process, especially when she is going through the whole puberty stage and doesn’t deal with any changes particularly well at all. ( we moved the kitchen bin recently to a different corner of the kitchen and that really bothered her)
would be grateful for some helpful legal advice please