Child Maintenance when ex changes arrangements

[Magmum75]

I've put in a CSA claim to force ex's hand as he hasn't stepped up to do a 50/50 childcare arrangement he said he would. I have based the claim on the sporadic overnights he has done to date. I was wondering how it works if the payment request provoke him to doing his bit. Does he have to prove himself over a certain period before they lower his payments? Can he just say he will do more and then renege on it and leave me back at square one?

Why would you want him to up his contact if he's only doing it for money

I went through the same thing with ex, he claimed he had child X amounts a year which he did not, child maintenance asked me if that number was correct I said no it’s not consistent and less than X amounts of nights so they made the payments based on what I had told them. I told ex once he is consistent and having child regularly I would change the amount of nights….. he wasn’t consistent and doesn’t see child so the payments remained the same.

@flowerygloves - well DD wants 50/50 and he's promised her, but makes excuses why he can't do it at the moment. While I wait I am doing pretty much 100% and this isn't recognised financially. I can cope but its not fair and she is left in limbo. I am hoping the sniff of CSA coming for him will stop this pussy-footing around. Either he pays what he should or he does his share.

@Coconutter24 that's good to know that they took your word for it. That's all I want too, consistency not broken promises.