Hi,
It looks like "D"H and i are going to separate. i wondered if i could call upon the combined wisdom of mumsnet to help me understand how child support would work for us.
Just before we were married DH fathered a child with another woman. That was just over 10 years ago. He has paid child support for that child since day one at the rate proscribed by the CSA calculator and is an involved father.
Since then we have had two children. If we do separate how will child support be calculated given that he is already paying the prescribed rate for his first child? I cant seem to find anything online that explains it.
Basically i am crunching numbers to see what my financial position will be. i find it hard to believe that he would be expected to pay another separate calculation for our kids. Logically i think they would work out the calculation for three children and then split the figure based on where the kids reside (i.e i would get 2/3s of the calculation as 2 of the 3 kids would be in my care, my DSD's mother would get 1/3 as only one of the three kids live with her). As i said, logically i would think that was how it would work but logic and the law are not always compatible and i cant find anything that spells it out.
Any help understanding how it works would be greatly appreciated.