change to regularity of payment

If its in the Consent Order as £x per week then he can't change to monthly at a whim.

WR

I understand how difficult it can be to budget but if he's actually paying child maintenance at the appropriate rate and regularly then is it really worth arguing with him and causing difficulties for your children? If you ended up going through the CSA, I'm pretty sure they'd only pay you monthly so you have nothing to gain by being difficult about it. You could ask him to put the money monthly into a savings account and then transfer across the weekly amount each week? That would at least keep it out of easy reach! You could do that easily with an online bank account.

I think mumtoboys suggestion is the best. If you struggle to budget, set up a second bank account and a standig order to transfer the money week by week. Remember that a month **isn't** 4 weeks, though - both when settign up your standing order and when workinh out with him what amount he should pay each month!

Even if the order specifically say £x per week and/or payable weekly I don't think you would get far trying to enforce it. You could not justify legal aid being granted to apply back to court, and I think a Judge might well take the view that if your ex is paid monthly, it is sensible fotr the maintenance to be paid monthly. Even if the Judge agreed with you that weekly was more appropriate, there would be the issue of enforcing it, not to mention the addedd agfravation and further deterioration of the relatinship between you that thsi will cause.

Maybe it is easier for him to pay monthly and what he is doing is safeguarding it, so its paid.
I pay on the first of each month, I get paid a few days before that, that way I know its sorted and done paid. sometimes I am a bit short in the month and maybe forget about other payments, my car insurance is paid 3/4 through the month, so its easy to forget sometimes, so really I would say he is safeguarding the fact you get paid fully each month.
I know benefits are paid either weekly or bi weekly, best thing is to maybe draw it each week but only equivalent of a weeks money?
You might even earn a little interest on it, and it will be a little!

Thanks for the advice, I didnt want to take legal action I just wondered where I stood, sadly it is just another thing that he can do and will do purely to wind me up as we are not on the best of terms, I did explain about the amount being worked out differently due to the there being more weeks in certqain months etc but he says he will work it out whatever way he thinks best, thanks again for the replies

msmouse - i know where you are coming from regarding the winding up - ive got the same ex!

be careful that he is not going to pay you the weekly payment x4 as a monthly payment. There are actually 13 4 week periods in a year. To get your monthly payment multiply the weekly amount by 52 then divide by 12.

Thus if he pays £50pw he should pay £216.67pm not £200.

GMS