Ex is generally very good with maintenance. Although we aren’t getting on so well at the moment and he does try to use it as some sort of control at times.
He told me this week that he’s starting his own business with a friend. He’s talked about this before and I don’t think it’s to avoid paying maintenance. But he has said he might have to reduce what he pays for a while, until things get going. On the upside he’ll hopefully be able to have dd more often.
We have a private arrangement and he’s always been fair. But I guess I’m just trying to get some idea of how maintenance works when self employed. I do know he’s worked with some people who’ve purposely worked for themselves to get away with paying less. Surely that can only work if you’re also lying to hmrc though, can’t it? Or is there more legal ways to work it. And surely if the usually income is £500 a week if employed if you say you only get £100 for the same job being self employed, someone somewhere is going to say “hang on a minute”! So is it more likely to reduce slightly but maybe not massively so.
Hopefully he’ll continue to be fair, but I’m just trying to prepare and know if there’s anything I can do if he isn’t.