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Maintenance Changing With Job

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roseyposeysmum · 30/01/2012 14:13

My ex has just changed his job and is now earning less then he did before, he has told me that he wants to reduce the maintenance he pays towards our daughter.

He has told me he is bringing home £90 less a month and that he thinks he should pay a lot less then he does, he currently pays £32 a week for her, i know there are a lot of dads out there who don't pay and we are lucky that we get this.

The thing is i now have no idea what he earns and can't remember what we worked it out on when we came to our original agreement. If i knew then i could look at the CSA website. He is being really nasty about it and says he doesn't see why he should pay for her when she is on my time - he doesn't and i am not being funny but it doesn't even cover one day at nursery never mind sheos clothes etc. I work two jobs to support my daughter and make sure she has a good quality of life and it seems the second he thinks he can get away with it he wants to give her less and less. The money goes into a bank account for her and goes straight towards her huge nursery fees.

I have tried asking him what the figure he earns and he won't tell me, we have always done the maintenace between us but i am tempted to go throught the CSA as when i asked if we could review it after two years i got told it would stay the same forever.

I am not sure what to do ?

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MrGin · 30/01/2012 14:28

Go to the CSA if he's being an arse. Which it sounds like he is.

corlan · 30/01/2012 15:34

If he won't tell you what he earns then you can't possibly work out a fair amount.

I would go through the CSA, then at least you will know that it's been worked out fairly (ish!).

My XP did this - changed job and told me he was earning less money and he'd worked out he had to pay a lot less in child support for our DD. I took it to the CSA and, funnily enough, they worked out he had to pay double what he'd told me! (He's an accountant by the way!)

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