Short story as the title says... My exH has asked for ths week's cm back! He says he hasn't been paid and needs it to pay rent.
Long story - we split up 7 years ago due to his gambling addiction. I ended up having to file for bankruptcy and he didn't make the divorce as easy as it could have been. Contact with DS has been on and off although better over the past year the same with cm. Any periids of no contact or no cm are backed up with excuses of no work, being kicked out of where he's living, not being paid, people stealing his money, the banks fault.....
He currently pays well over what cms say he should. This is because, I believe, they think he is either unemployed or on unemployment benefits and as I knew otherwise I was told to report him for tax evasion. I told him this and my payments went up. I have no idea of what percentage of his earnings he pays but always said I thought the cms 12% figure was being fair.
I know he is gambling again as he has been spotted at the slot machines.
The request call was only brief and I was expecting another call last night to discuss further. IANBU to say no am I? He needs to keep a roof over his head but I need to do the same for me and DS and although I could maybe do it at a real stretch he could well be on a path to another period of no payments/contact.