Do I accept ex''s maintenance offer.

Hi Everyone,

I just need some friendly advice about child maintenance from ex partner. My ex has been living in Australia for 3 years now. Since emigrating there he has not payed any maintenance for our now 13 yr old daughter even though ive emailed him plenty of times he has ignored me! Ive now been to sol and I have completed all paperwork. First hearing is set for nxt weds. Sol sent form E to him he mailed back that he will not be sending his to us! He has now been emailing my sol wiv maintenance offers... started with £16.00 per calendar month then it was £70.00 to then increase to 140.00 once he has full australian residence. Now the last his last offer is £190.00. Ive told my sol that I would accept £200. As ive had no maintenance for 3 years! Im just wondering if I should accept the offer even though i have not seen any of his finances.
Any advice gratefully received.

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Hi - I''m not an expert and not sure how things differ in OZ - but I thought form E''s should be exchanged at the same time -? and I would be reluctant to accept any offers without seeing his financials !?
His offer has gone from £16 PCM to £190 PCM seems like he''s hiding something to me? What does your solicitor recommend? and is he going to backdate any of this payment? I wouldn''t have thought he would. But it seems a bit suspicious to offer such an increase in a short space of time? Sorry not much help - hope someone can offer better advice! Good Luck.

Hi platinum Boarder.
Solicitor advised me we should exchange wiv my ex to show the judge that we were compliant with the courts time frame even if ex is not! He will not be back dating payments.... I agree.... he must be hiding/ witholding evidence of his and his partners earnings.... He''s always been secretive about everything..... Took me ages for him to give me his new address when he first left me..... Think it must of been the fact that he left here to move in with his new g/friend?! Lol!

Solicitor told me to think about it.......
Typical!
Lol!

To Chocoholic85.
Thanks for your reply.
Sorry for calling you platinum boarder!!
Im looking for answers on here while cooking kids tea!.... Ooppss!
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Ha - I didn''t know I was a platinum boarder until you said - not sure what it means or how I got there! Your ex sounds like mine and probably like a lot of others! It''s probably going to be more difficult with him living in OZ I don''t know ? I guess you''re going to be have to be guided by your solicitor although he/she doesn''t sound very helpful - I would have thought the advice would have been wait for financial disclosure but doesn''t sound like it?
Hope things work out for you - enjoy your evening. X

Hi,

Australia in a REMO country, if your ex does not comply with a CO issued in the UK, he will have problems there.

The laws about child maintenance are even stricter than the UK.

Look it up either in the wiki library or go to the search engine starting with g and put in REMO Australia, there is lots of information.

Best wishes,

NWTT.