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Original poster

Maintenance on this salary?

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rewqu · 26/08/2022 00:37

102k. What would be worst case? Never sees dc and no other kids, lives alone. He’s paying 525 which doesn’t seem right even after max pension deduction of 40k which I don’t think he’d do anyway… he won’t communicate other than to say that’s all I’m getting.

OP posts:
FlyingSaucerss · 26/08/2022 00:38

So Use the online calculator? Or go through cms?

Original poster
rewqu · 26/08/2022 00:41

Will have to it’s just a long process I could do without

OP posts:
Original poster
rewqu · 26/08/2022 00:41

Online calculator says higher hence my questioning

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FlyingSaucerss · 26/08/2022 00:45

Well you will have to go through them if he doesn’t agree, you already know it’s more as you have used the online calculator so no one else will say anything different other than go through cms, you’ve used the calculator so you know how much he should be paying? Fwiw I opened a cased recently and it was sorted very quickly I was actually surprised sorted within 1 month.

jsku · 26/08/2022 00:46

Just file for CMS.
While it’s working its way through the system - he will pay what he currently pays
And then it may change once CMS hits

good luck

Original poster
rewqu · 26/08/2022 00:48

Thanks!

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ManAboutTown · 26/08/2022 06:55

This is going to depend on a lot of things e.g

  • do you have accommodation costs - rent/mortgage - if he is paying either of those on top then you need to add to the 525.
  • how old are the DC and how many
  • do you have income yourself

You really need to seek legal advice - not sure what net pay per month is on £102k but guessing about £5,000.All other things being equal £525 seems low although how low depends on the above

DropOfffArtiste · 26/08/2022 07:04

@ManAboutTown None of those factors are a consideration for CM calculations. His net pay, the number of children and the number of nights he has them.

User354354 · 26/08/2022 07:19

ManAboutTown · 26/08/2022 06:55

This is going to depend on a lot of things e.g

  • do you have accommodation costs - rent/mortgage - if he is paying either of those on top then you need to add to the 525.
  • how old are the DC and how many
  • do you have income yourself

You really need to seek legal advice - not sure what net pay per month is on £102k but guessing about £5,000.All other things being equal £525 seems low although how low depends on the above

Apart from the amount of DC, everything else you have said it irrelevant to CMS

ManAboutTown · 28/08/2022 12:41

Maintenance is from income - relative incomes have quite a bit to do with it

PatriciaHolm · 28/08/2022 12:50

ManAboutTown · 28/08/2022 12:41

Maintenance is from income - relative incomes have quite a bit to do with it

Not to child maintenance calculated through the CMS they don't. £102k still falls under the CMS, so it's a pretty easy calculation based on income, number of children and nights spent with non resident parent.

Spousal is different, but I don't think that's what OP is talking about.

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