Hi dipeshmak.
Thank you for your post. I am William the Child Maintenance Options consultant.
As Fiona has said, there is no Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (REMO) agreement with Dubai. However, if you are able to discuss and negotiate with your ex-wife you could choose to try and sort out child maintenance between yourselves. It can be the quickest and easiest way of arranging child maintenance, and we call it a family-based arrangement.
Negotiating child maintenance can be better than having a solution imposed on you, as long as you feel comfortable entering into discussions with your ex-wife. The important thing is to try and improve your relationship to a stage where you can work together to come to an agreement. But if negative feelings get in the way between you a negotiated agreement is unlikely to succeed.
A family-based arrangement is simply an agreement between the two of you about who will provide what for your daughter. It is not legally binding but it is flexible, so it allows you and your ex-wife to negotiate an agreement that suits you both. It can include money and other kinds of support, for example providing clothes or paying for school trips.
To help you make a family-based arrangement, we have got useful tools and guides that you may find helpful. You will find these on our website at:
www.cmoptions.org.
If you would like an idea how much child maintenance could be worked out by the Child Support Agency (CSA), you can use the online calculator that is available on our website. You may want to use this figure as a starting point for negotiations to make a family-based arrangement.
If you can agree a child maintenance arrangement, you can record the details on our family-based arrangement form. Although this is not a legally enforceable document, it puts the agreement on a more formal basis. You can complete it and sign your names to show your commitment to this arrangement. You can also download this form from our website.
If you do have concerns about your ex-wife putting a court order in place, you may wish to seek legal advice in Dubai.
To find out more about how Child Maintenance Options can help you visit cmoptions.org, or if you are in the UK, you can call us free on 0800 988 0988 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday or 9am and 4pm on Saturday.
