Child maintenance

[iamtheoneandonlyyy]

Ex didn't make his direct pay payment two weeks ago.
CMS have said they will possibly switch to collect and pay, this is 'in progress'
So technically another payment is due today and hasn't come so I report this one too? Or has the whole thing changed now?

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Report it. Keep on their back

Keep reporting it. I was told it old take 2-3 months to get the payment through it being paid directly from wages.

Keep on at them and threaten them with your local MP. I've had this many times before but I should tell you they didn't rush until I involved my MP. It took 7 months to get a payment the one year and it was never recovered. Still sitting as due however I have been told it unlikely it will ever be paid.

Only time I felt they did anything was when I wrote to my MP. However looking back it feels like they did that to justify the delay to the MP and not me.

Thanks all. They say they're writing to him to ask why
I can tell then why, he's a deadbeat but there you go.

You probably know this already but they are rubbish, they don't chase. They write once and have to wait until the next missed payment to chase again if their letter hasn't been responded to. This is because they they to follow the correct procedures in case they take them to court....HOWEVER I will never forget the CMS agent that told me he can guarantee they pretty much never will take the paying parent to court. They are useless.

I quite frankly find the amount the son's Dad has to pay an absolute insult. In the last 6 years I've heard off him twice to tell me he has rights as he pays his way......under 100 a month does next to nothing and you say you pay your share. If I could tell him to shove it up his arse believe me I would as he believes the pittance he gives makes him a father. His absent by choice but believes he is a good dad as he pays maintenance. Yawn!

I hope you get it sorted soon. I really do

Thanks, I feel your pain.
He's been told to pay 7 pounds a week for 3 kids and hasn't bothered.

Got a new baby due soon, getting married on Saturday.
He hasn't bothered with them in months then reappeared just to make the children want to go to his wedding for his pictures
Obviously if they don't go I look like the bad guy grrrrrrrr. He only wants them for 2 hours so it's clearly just for appearance.
I only went to CMS so I wouldn't have to communicate with him, he's been awful.
That's probably all a bit outing but I do not care

I feel bad for moaning now. £7 a week for 3 kids is an absolute disgrace. I am so angry from you.

How can so little be deemed OK to support a child let alone 3. I know they have a duty to leave the paying parent with enough income but ive always argued if they played a part in their lives they would be contributing much more. Raising my son is costing me more every year. His Dads maintenance stays the same (and that's if it gets paid) but I have no choice but to make more cutbacks as magic-ing extra money out of thin air isn't working for me. I work the maximum hours I can. Unless I am able to find a better paid job, I become more poor by the year due to increasing costs of raising a child

I find I can't think about it too much because I get too angry and have nowhere for the anger to go!
I could spend a day here listing the problems he's caused but there would be no point.
Needless to say the kids are going without but not too badly. I'm definitely going without and on Saturday no doubt I will make myself let them go to the 'wedding' and be in the pictures so everyone can tell him what a good dad he y it s
I wish I had a mean streak but I don't