Child benefit help

Kadafi wrote:

Thankyou for your response

I had agreed 156 but in the previous year that has turned out to be 196 nights, so that is an extra 40 nights ( not 13 )..

Sorry my poor maths, I read it as 169 but that's what your ex had your son for.

Now this has made me the primary parent. This year my days will most likely increase to over 200 as my son will be away on holiday with me for 3 weeks in March.

My ex will likely not act very well because at the end of the day, it will be less income for her. She will not look at it from my point of view, why should I have the bulk of the child care but also be paying her child maintenance .

I had child benefit but it was transfered to her following the divorce ..

You ought to contact Child Benefit and see about getting it transferred back to you as the circumstances have changed. That would then strengthen your evidence for other changes.

There is no SM, not even a nominal amount.

At least there is no danger of that being reviewed upwards if you decide to go down the Court route for the Child Maintenance then.

I am not really after having the child benefit transferred back into my name, I am happy for my ex to keep that. All I want is my child benefit payments to stop.