is she entitled to my redundancy

Hi there ,
can anyone one help me . I currently pay my sbtx a monthly payment which we both agreed on and have done so for a year . We have 2 boys , 12 and 17, they spend 4 nights with her and 3 nights with me. She earns the same as me and has bought a house with her new partner( who also earns the same as me ) i have bought a much smaller house on my own.I am about to
be made redundant and will get about 30,000 . Until i get re employed i will continue to use this money to pay the agreed ammount , but lately she has been asking for more money and i think she might go to csa , i pay her more or less what they would pay her so can only assume she might be thinking she can get some of my redundancy . Money is most certainly not an issue for her so will she be entitled to any of my redundancy pay .Thought id seen somewhere the money cant be touched unless its over £64,000 but not sure about this .
Any help will be great thanks

Your ex should consider herself lucky that you are willing to continue to pay the agreed amount from your redundancy package each month. If she goes to the CSA (and provided you have not found a new job), your earnings will be nothing and she will be awarded nothing accordingly.

www.csa.gov.uk/en/employers/earnings.asp

thanks for the reply . The link showed that they dont class statuory redundancy pay but thay DO count anything above that , so that means she will be able to get something or have i read this wrong

child maintenance is based on what you earn. If you are not earning but are receiving job seekers allowance the CSA states you should make a nominal £5 a week child maintenance payment. Although if you are sharing child care and your ex is earning a lot more that is often unfair.

I had a similar situation last year and was advised that the redundancy payment is not classed as income for child maintenance purposes. Having a large amount of savings does mean you can't apply for other benefits though.

In my case I was looking after the kids more than my ex and I stopped paying her anything as her income was far more than mine at the time. I told her she could try the CSA to get her £5 a week if she really wanted, but that if she did I would apply to be the parent with care. She didn't contact the CSA.

Good luck with finding a new job

IGB

thanks IGB you ve been most helpful . I really hope your right as being made redundant is going to be bad enough without having some of it taken away from just out of spite .

regards

Wow! - I can''t believe you have the nerve to post this as a question SERIOUSLY is ''she'' entitled to ''my'' redundancy
YOUR KIDS are entitled to proper support from their father ''she'' has nothing to do with it, ''she'' won''t benefit from this only your children will
What do you think your kids will eat? whilst you conspire publically online to deprive them ... and worse you justify it to yourself by saying she''s getting it/ asking for it out of spite! spite? are you mad or just stupid?
You give men a bad name by posting this type of thing somehow thinking that your kids lawful support money is going to ''her'' when you well know it''s going to only be used for them
What a disgrace to go onto a forum trying to find out if you can deprive your own children of food and clothing, you are a truly horrible father.
One can only feel sorry for your children they will probably end up on drugs and with severe psychological problems given you attitude to them.
Grow-up and be responsible, you created children, they should be 100% your priority and you should support them properly out of every penny at your disposal and not try to wriggle out of it.
DISGRACEFUL POST !

Errr strange first post? this thread is almost three years old!.