What Does Child Support Cover?

spoff, bottom line is, you pay 15% net for your son, minus overnights over 52 a year take off 1/7th.
Living in your parents bedroom is not a long term solution.
Hopefully you will be able to rent somewhere or maybe even buy depending on the settlement and what you can get together, dont think thats it your done.
As most of us dads, you will end up with a load of kit for him when with you.
Also what a lot of RP''s dont get is that lives become seperate and you pay for what he does with you and she pays for what he does with her. This doesnt apply in all cases and is better if things are amicable but for many its not, and we (NRP''s) try to get dictated too as to what we are paying and when.
The CM is paid to the RP as support from a NRParent, whatever its spent on is up to her, or him.
In my case it was 20 bottles of vodka a six pack of coke and 200 fags...

Which would have been better in your pocket to spend directly on your children, bob.

Just my opinion for what it''s worth.

When dads have to set up a second home and have shared care of the children, they pay for the children when they are with them and they also pay for the chilren when they are with their mother.

Fine if you are bringing in a good income - not so good if you are less financially rewarded, as many dads are.

Actually there is evidence that rather than paying the CSA minimum rate parents are more satisfied negotiating their own arrangement to suit their individual circumstances. More satisfaction leads to less conflict and damage to long term family relations. See;

www.cmoptions.org/en/toolbox/negotiations.asp#page=page-1

vivi36 wrote:

Also do you pay the mortgage from your account? or do you just give a big lump of money each month?[/quote]

The mortgage comes from her account, the car she has is in my name and the loan for that comes out of my account.

I pay the car loan and then some to her to top up the shortfall (maintenance and half of mortgage are more than than car loan)