Child maintenance and limited company business owner

[yosemite78]

My child’s father was paying over £900 per month child support. He had a well paid job, earning over 2.5k per week! He recently quit this job to set up his own company. He has opened an agricultural retail store, employing 2 people. He has told the CMS he is now earning £160 per week which mean I will only receive £59 per month. He has done this knowing I am currently unemployed after being made redundant last year. He Surely didn’t give up a very well paid job to earn less than minimum wage! Is there anything I can do in the short term? I am aware of asking CMS to look at dividend payments, but I doubt he has paid himself any yet as it is a new business. Any advice would be welcome as I am worried I am not going to be able to provide for our son. Thanks!

you've been getting 900 a month ? for one child ? what have you done with all that money?

@bg21 yes that’s right. 900 per month for one child. Father was earning 120k per month. If it wasn’t for CMS he wouldn’t have paid anything. I’m not being rude, but why do you need to know what I’ve done with this?

Do you mean 120k a year? Because a month...wow! What did he do? And no there's no way he would give up such a good pay for so little. What an absolute arsehole

@Needanewadventure2021 oops, per year not month! He was a company director. And yes, he’s an arsehole AND a control freak.

They do it on purpose simply to spite us. I have an arsehole ex too who pays very little towards his child. The while system is so flawed. They get away with it