Child maintenance and a new baby advice

[Mum2oneds]

So dp pays for SC the amount set via child maintenance, he pays directly standing order each month. I know I gets about £10 a month reduced as I have DS under the same roof which he classes as supporting.
My question is is the rate different if it's a new child who is biology his.? Or just the £10 a month reduced.
If it is going to be considerably less and we feel this is unfair on what his ex will get for SC then we hope to do our own arrangements with her maybe meet halfway. Ie if the money is going from 200pcm to say 150 we'll see if she would like to meet at 175maybe... Altho she does like to do it by the book even if it cuts her nose to spite her face.

Yeah that was kind of my point we don't feel it's fair if the mother gets less but yes the difference would still be put aside for him.

That's not "splitting the difference"

And I have told him to keep the same.. And see what happens..

If she doesn't agree the difference between old and new figures will go aside for dss..

Stop kissing us please OP

This is the weirdest thread in quite a while.

To be fair, you don't know how reliable he was or what he might have said to her about money in the past before he was with you. It is very unlikely that someone would prefer to take substantially less money in order to do things by the book for no reason at all.

We can more than afford another child or even 2 or 3 and still pay her the same

So you can, in your own words, afford 3 more children but your dp chooses to contribute just £24 per child per week???? Wow what a catch. Those amounts would suggest he's earning near minimum wage so I guess you must be the main bread winner. As others have stated, he doesn't have to stick to the bare legal minimum, he can choose to pay more and buy some bloody underwear.

I'm not kissing anyone. Believe me. It was for advice.
I know full well my dp does everything he should as a parent and much more than some.. And not in a horrible way some men run from responsibility or try to hide earnings etc etc. However he doesn't. As that's he's duty to.. His parental responsibility to. And most of all because he wants to..

Where did I say 24 per week. He has 1 child. And pays just under 250 per month.. We receive no tax credits or anything other than child benefit for my DS. He took on a job 16k, more than his previous so because it's a higher than 25% rise he's informed them and they said it will change in the new financial year as it's based on previous years... I don't get how they work it fully.

I don't think I've ever read anyone having quite so much trouble keeping their story straight.

(Ending your posts with "x"s is kissing)

Okay xx

Sorry my mistake, SC and DC generally refer to more than one child. £250 per month is still very low. Anyway I wouldn't worry about reductions as his child maintenance payments will increase massively at the review if he's had a 16k pay rise.

Your new baby doesn't have to affect anything, OP. His already existing children are still growing, and will need clothing, shoes, uniforms, food, snacks, money for outings, shelter, transport, childcare, activities ... the list goes on just like it does for what you need in life ... and their father should be supporting them to the best of his ability, regardless of what CPS says he only needs to pay. He should want the best he can comfortably provide for his children, not the minimum amount.

You don't sound very nice, tbh.

Mum2oneds, he can pay her whatever he wants above the CSA minimum.

If his ex refuses to accept that and only wants the 'official' amount, whatever that may be, then more fool her!

OP to answer your original query the reduction is a % of gross income not an actual amount e.g. £10.00 per child living in NRP household, it also doesnt matter if they are SC or biological children. And after 3 children in household % stays the same.

He could pay more than CSA if he could be asked. CSA agreed 300 pm for my cousin whose dh earns well over £200k per year because it's meant to be used as a last resort and doesn't replace remediation - but she used it to 'punish' her OH (he left her). Unlike OP's partner, my cousin's ex is actually a responsible parent and tops up that CSA payment to roughly half his income. He does this via the CSA. Not sure how though.

I think it's awful they take step children into account

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What a horribly nasty and bitter comment Oswin. How do you know the sc has a dad who is alive or mum has massively reduced benefits due to new partner, perhaps divorced parents should never move on with their lives ever