Child maintenance help

[maine8282]

I recently found out my ex of two children was in a high paid job,so I decided after years of being paid barely nothing I went to the cms,once he received the letter he then threatened if I continued he would quit his job,I decided to carry on with the claim now his conveniently been made redundant with immediate effect! Is that possible? His been in the job for 3 years and instantly made redundant when I continued with cms. He now has to pay me nothing at all
he has cars one worth around £50 grand his In the process of buying a house and is going on a 2 week holiday next week but says he has only £278 to his name so he can’t contribute towards the kids! Is there anything I can do?

Now he’s not working he can have the kids then…. Offer him 50:50 and watch him squirm

I expect he’s conveniently been made redundant and continued as a self employed contractor and is now hiding the earnings.

Id still go through CMS. I’ve known someone manage to get HMRC to investigate an ex who was hiding their self employed earnings, it’s very difficult but does happen.

I wish I could I really do but unfortunately I can’t 😢

Thank you for your reply I will look into this

would you want to give up 50% of your life with your children

This is why there should be a minimum amount of maintenance that must be paid, no matter if you are earning or not. He should be forced to sell something, like his car for example, to pay for his children.

One of the children don’t go very often as he is picked on by family of his dads side so I’d never put him in that position,there care is more important to me than making him have them more

This is so true if you owe anyone else money you have bailiffs and they take your possessions to pay off debt,seems paying for your children is not important in this world it’s so wrong

Who told you he's been made redundant op? If it's him I'd push on with the CMS claim...

Cms payments stopped he had to prove he was made redundant to them but I think he asked for it as only threatened the week before he would leave his job so I got nothing

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Sympathies OP. He sounds despicable going to such extremes to avoid paying a reasonable amount for his children.

It is ridiculous that dad’s aren’t held to account more. If he can’t afford to feed his kids he can’t afford sports cars and holidays. He’s a selfish prick.

I don’t deny anyone of having there own life the holiday is fine but to say he only has £278 to his name since the job finished and don’t know where next months rent is coming from,but can afford to still go on a 2 week holiday which the kids will suffer as I now have to work more to make up for the loss of money towards them and there summer holidays now means being in childcare to do so,so he yet again enjoys another holiday

He's a deadbeat wanker that doesn't give a fuck about his kids. Unfortunately, he'll work the system to his benefit and there detriment. He's scum.

This. Call his bluff. It doesn't have to be 50% but if he's not working, he can have the kids/child more when you're working.

That I can now agree with you on it’s a very sad world we live in that there isn’t a system in place that automatically takes the right amount of child maintenance as soon as any job father/mother takes! Seems there is very little support for children in this messed up world one way or another the law feels it’s ok for one parent to suffer and the children even more so

His off on his holiday for 2 weeks next week so can only do this when he is back,though that’s his moving in date to his new house his children have basically paid for

op is he single? has other children?

how long have you been apart?

Gosh men are wicked 😱

Yes his single no other children

Been separated 9 years

Such an unfair world for children

and throughout he’s given no indication of being wealthy

and you haven’t pursued anything formally. He’s given you a little bit of money here and there?

and suddenly he seemed to come in to money?

how old are the children?

He was employed 9 years ago when we separated I knew his income so he paid the right amount for 4 months then went self employed and was able to spend money on things to keep the cost down on maintenance
his new job now 3 years I was unaware of his income as he works away and only had the children one weekend a month! Only recently I have seen the amount of money being spent on luxury’s when his shit changed and was back every other weekend