To ask how much child maintenance you receive

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Just that and has it increased to take the cost of living into consideration?

£3.50 for 3 children per week.
Ex is self-employed. Need I say more.

Loving these figures above... I don't have kids, I have two cats, and they cost me more than your kids are getting. This is disgusting!

This ^

Some of these amounts are disgusting. I get £900 which is the minimum from the calculator, but based on his salary from last year. This year he’s earned more because I supprted him with a career move that was meant to be 6 weeks and lasted five months and his costs have reduced as he worked away, while mine increased. But he doesn’t think that it would be fair to contribute slightly more to compensate.

a lot of men seem to know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

£1000 a month for 2 children but this is a private arrangement. Also pays for their school dinners and buses and extra if I need it.
I know I'm very lucky x

Big fat 0. I haven't ever chased it either even though it would help. He's always job hopping or unemployed and I would get hardly anything anyway. Plus the stress of having to answer to him which I know I'd have to wouldn't be worth the pittance I'd get each month

You’re not lucky. It’s what you and your children deserve. He obviously earns well and so it’s the right thing to do.

None, I haven't received a penny since the CSA went over to CMS.

Child maintenance is nothing to do with the cost of living.

@Lenald I mean in the fact he's such a good dad and we still get along very well.

What if they don't drive? They take ut out wages here in UK

£610 a month calculated by CMS, after he refused to pay the £600 I'd asked for for 2DC.

CMS initially assessed him as having to pay zero as he'd lied and claimed he was self-employed...it was very lucky I had a copy payslip of his to send them from when we'd applied for a mortgage.

Some men are disgusting pieces of scum, trying to get out of paying for their DC. Maintenance should be deducted straight from their wages, so nobody has to chase them up.

They are, your meant to use CMS!!!!

It can be taken into consideration though! Not everybody uses CMS.

Same thing happened to me ,it's disgraceful

£240 a month from his dad who isn't allowed to see him (court ordered) which isn't enough when childcare fees are over £1000 plus clubs, clothes, food etc. Feel awful for those who get nothing at all.

Some don’t work though so that’s why no maintenance is payable

Indeed! He was (and is) a bit of an idiot.

How do non-resident parents (mostly men) get away with not financially supporting their kids??? That's not meant to be goady, it's a genuine question. I don't have kids myself so have no knowledge.

£17.96 a month for two DC. I only get that because the CMS finally threatened him with something or other. He owes thousands in unpaid maintenance but I doubt I'll ever see it. Luckily I don't need his miserly contribution, but his latest exW has sole care of their 3yo and she does need it. I think he's an utter scumbag for many reasons, but not paying/paying tuppence for the toddler ranks high on the list.

£650 for one

@MissMaple82

I'm not talking about CMS. The cost of living has gone up for everyone. How can the non resident parent pay more to take into account the increased cost of living when their own costs have increased aswell?

It just doesn't make sense. Which is why it's not taken into account whatsoever.

If the nrp has had a pay increase and therefore maintenance increases, this is still nothing to do with the rising costs of living.

I have two children and receive £330 pcm via CMS.

Zero.

To be honest, I didn't want it, I got to raise my son. That was a privilege.

£400 for one child, he also pays for maths tuition and half of dance lessons. The amount was agreed between us as we are on good terms.