Help, I have one child living with me, the other with dad. Dad is trying to claim maintenance from me.

[Hollywallaby]

Dad has never paid even when children lived with me. Eldest child went to live with him a year ago. Now he wants maintenance from me. Can this happen???

Here's the answer to the OP.

'Dad has never paid even when children lived with me. Eldest child went to live with him a year ago. Now he wants maintenance from me. Can this happen???'

Yes and will.

and kittycat, you absolutely did recommend tax fraud as a means of CSA avoidance, as several other posters upthread have pointed out to you. You are clearly someone who is happy to recommend breaking the law to avoid paying for a child, just because many nrps don't pay, so I would say it's you who is biased with the chip on your shoulder.

Yes a nrp should pay towards thier child and a reasonable amount too. At repeating myslef again OP clearly states that she has solely financailly paid for her child with out the NRP paying anything!!!

Clearly you seem to think thats ok, and we are not talking about mainstream question but rather the OP question

I didn't say anything of the sort. I said OP should pay for the child. You think she shouldn't, just because of what has gone on in the past. Punishing her ex is punishing the child, which is what you are recommending