Child maintenance and packing a bag

[Natalie2900]

Really simple question.
If my daughter father pays CSA do I legally have to provide clothes for her when he has her?

He is stating that legally I have to. Daughter is 5 and He wants me to take the bag to school. Which I will not do because I feel that is unfair
On her to have to take a big bag to school and non of her school friends do. I have offered to drop it off to his house instead or take it in turns to collect and drop a bag off. ( he picks her up from school)
So just want to do I legally have to provide him clothes for her because he pays l full CSA to me.

No, legally you don't have to provide a bag of stuff for her. The maintenance he pays has absolutely nothing to do with any thing. He has a duty to provide everything that your dd needs whilst she is in his care. It sounds like he's being difficult just for the sake of it

Nope the reason the maintenance is less for fewer nights as they have to provide more for her

Is it such a big deal to give her bag to the school office in the morning that he picks her up?
He financially provides for your DD.
I would assume that for a weekend away with her dad that DD would like to have some of her own clothes with her.
Is there a reason why you don't want to provide this?
Child support is supposed to cover costs of clothing for the child (but non-res parents also choose to buy these too).
Was the separation acrimonious?

Contrary to what cider says, I think you are being difficult. Your DD is 5yrs old. Too young to be drawn into adult drama.
Just pack her overnight bag, with the things / clothes she's comfortable with and make this separations easier.

Legally he should supply everything she needs while in his care, however, would it not benefit your DD more if you just sent a bag of her things with her, arguing over this won't benefit her or help with the separation.

He is obviously a knob, but maybe you can just rise above it for her sake.

'Child support is meant to cover the cost of clothing' right yes, the bare legal minimum that he has to pay completely absolves him of any other contribution or hassle. OP doesn't say what the actual amount is but unless he earns over 50k the cms assessment comes nowhere near the costs of a child. I wonder also if the op gets back a bag of laundry, or bits end up staying at the dads house? It does sound petty and I totally agree that the child should not be involved in any if of it but there are ways around that the the OP has suggested and been knocked back. This us about him wanting things his own way for the sake of it. I'd laugh in his face of he tried to claim that paying csa / cms means he is completely off the hook.