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CONSENT ORDER

sheiladubai
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17 Jan 13 #374894 by sheiladubai

Topic started by sheiladubai

My ex husband has been made redundant. There is a Consent Order in place which I understand is legally binding until agreement has been reached to the contrary.
I do not wish to go down the Solicitor rute at this stage but would like to set down in writing that I expect child support to come out of the 7 months package to which he should be entitled.

MrsMathsisfun
Platinum Member

17 Jan 13 #374899 by MrsMathsisfun

Reply from MrsMathsisfun

When was the consent order signed?

Lostboy67
Moderator

17 Jan 13 #374901 by Lostboy67

Reply from Lostboy67

Hi
If the concent order is over a year old then the route to sort out child maintenance is via the CSA rather than the courts

LB

Child Maintenance Options
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18 Jan 13 #375030 by Child Maintenance Options

Reply from Child Maintenance Options

Hi Sheiladubai.

I''m Sarah the Child Maintenance Options consultant. If you feel that you can reach an agreement with your ex-husband, then a family-based arrangement (FBA) might be an option for you, in the short-term and the long-term too. FBA''s give you the flexibility to agree between you what counts as child maintenance and to change your agreement as your children get older or your circumstances change. This type of agreement isn''t legally binding, but you could keep a record of what you agree by using our family-based arrangement form. You can download this from our website at: www.cmoptions.org. You will also find more information about FBA''s and access to useful tools and forms online, or if you''d prefer a confidential chat you could call the Child Maintenance Options team on 0800 988 0988 (free from a landline).

I understand that you don''t want to involve a solicitor, but just to make you aware, it is possible to change the terms of your Consent Order and to do this you would need to get legal advice. This most commonly results in going back to court to set out the application on a standard form. The court will then consider any changes.

As Lostboy67 has said in his post, you can make an application to the Child Support Agency (CSA) if the Consent Order has been in place for over 12 months, this would then mean that the Consent Order is no longer valid. However, this only applies to Consent orders that were endorsed after March 2003. If yours dates back to before April 2003, then law doesn''t allow you to change over to the CSA. Only the courts have the ability to arrange child maintenance in such circumstances.

We have a web application that you may find useful, it offers help and support to separating families. The link is: www.cmoptions.org/en/sortingoutseparation/index.asp

I hope this helps

Sarah

sheiladubai
Posted by
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18 Jan 13 #375043 by sheiladubai

Reply from sheiladubai

February 2011

sheiladubai
Posted by
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18 Jan 13 #375049 by sheiladubai

Reply from sheiladubai

Can''t do it through the CSA as he lives abroad

WYSPECIAL
Moderator

18 Jan 13 #375057 by WYSPECIAL

Reply from WYSPECIAL

Is it seven months pay in lieu of notice or a redundancy package that he is entitled to?

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