Pensions. Child maintenance

[OneOfThemNights]

Need to clear something up.
Ex is being a dick about maintenance again. Same old year in year out.

Hes now said he's going to start paying 200 pcm into a pension. So it lowers cms.
Is that correct.?
It's been via cms for around 5 years.

Yes unfortunately it is. My son's dad does this for the very reason to reduce his income, as they only take the income minus his contributions. My sons dad pays nearly 500 a month into his pension. Needless to say my son gets very little

Again, another 'loophole' of the CMS. Sadly the whole system is flawed and won't be changed due to the masonic nature of this country.

Yes I believe so, I've never understood why that is!

Wow that's really shocking.

It really needs to be calculated as if they're paying the statutory minimum pension contribution regardless of what their actual contribution is.

It's terrible isn't it, but unfortunately as you say, it is unlikely to change. The CMS isn't fit for purpose. Been with them many years now and it always feels like they side with the paying/nrp. My child's other parent pays a hefty amount into his pension to avoid paying more maintenance. His always done it. (I hate calling him a parent at all as he hasn't been whatsoever!) But I've also experienced non payment, and shortfall payments and they've never done anything to help.
Some parents get away with paying an insulting amount towards their children. They ought to be ashamed. Payments don't reflect real life. For example the cost of living has gone up and as your child grows up they become more expensive. But for some reason maintenance remains the same unless the paying parents circumstances change. But the resident parent has no choice. They have to find more money or make sacrifices

Exactly. We sacrifice our pensions for our kids and many do without so many other things. 'Bad parents' are protected over their children. If we gave up on our children it would cost the state thousands but they don't look at anything longterm and of course the majority of single parents are women. Really sad that the head of the CMS is a woman and believes there is nothing wrong with the system.