Moved away from ex partner due to infidelity do I have to do the traveling even tho he doesn't pay maintenance?

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Need some advice please,

Ex partner and I split 6 years ago due to him cheating we have two children together under 13 I used to travel half way every two weeks so the children could have contact. He stopped paying maintenance in December 2024 so I stopped the travel and decided to go through CSA which has been granted. He has been an absolute nightmare for the last 6 years paying when he feels like it and how much he feels like paying. He has claimed travel expenses and is now saying I legally have to travel is this true? Even tho he has claimed travel expenses?

No you don’t have to travel to him. The onus is on him if there is no court order . How far away is he ? The things you have to consider is that it’s your children’s right to have a full and effective relationship with their father. If you didn’t assist would he make the effort ? He could make an application to require you to make them available at a mutually agreeable point .

You don’t have to. What does he think the travel expenses are for?? He can go to court and it might be ordered to meet midway but presumably they’d consider expenses then and that sounds like too much work for him honestly

He's about an hour and 50min away my eldest daughter (nearly a teen) doesn't have any contact with him. He's apparently applying for a court order I didn't mind meeting halfway until he started to not financially support his children once he had a new baby in his new relationship