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allymarbles
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28 Jul 24 - 28 Jul 24 #523596 by allymarbles

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Using a solicitor, I agreed to a global maintenance settlement with my ex husband. The paperwork has not been sent to the court yet. The figure is £1000 made up of child maintenance £850 (we used the s calculator to get the figure) plus £150 extra. My ex has now changed jobs, receiving a 60% pay rise. Using CMS calculator Child maintenance should now be £1450. So Global maintenance is way under. I have asked my ex to review payment. He said no and said he will file a notice at court 'to provide cause'. What do I do? It seems unfair. That the children will not receive the minimum as calculated by cms.

Last edit: 28 Jul 24 by allymarbles.

EMC3419
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28 Jul 24 #523598 by EMC3419

Reply from EMC3419

It sounds like global maintenance is no longer relevant to your case. You would be better off simply applying to CMS. I'm a bit surprised he would want to be tied to global maintenance that can be varied when he could get a Clean Break.

hadenoughnow
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28 Jul 24 #523599 by hadenoughnow

Reply from hadenoughnow

If there's been a material change of circumstances that would be a reason to reject the order.

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