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Payments for school activities.

le_marv
Junior Member

25 Feb 15 #456894 by le_marv

Reply from le_marv

You didn''t sound off.... I understand.

Starlett
Premium Member

25 Feb 15 #456912 by Starlett

Reply from Starlett

Hi,

I am in the same situation Justjools, my son has come home with a school trip letter for a history trip costing £700, I have asked his father if he would go 50/50 but he refused, so unfortunately my son cant go.

Yet I happily pack their suitcases for him when he takes them away so he doesn''t have to buy all new clothes.

He claims it is all covered by his cm payments. I have never asked for anything over and above apart from larger school trips (£400+)

TFI
Premium Member

25 Feb 15 #456919 by TFI

Reply from TFI

That''s the hardest part isn''t it..when the absent parent believes you should be able to cover everything from CM which in reality doesn''t even cover the food let alone clothes or god forbid school trips!

MrsMathsisfun
Platinum Member

26 Feb 15 #456923 by MrsMathsisfun

Reply from MrsMathsisfun

Its not easy being on the other side either, having the resident parent asking for half of this and that and having to sometimes say no.

My husband pays good cm, his ex earns a similar income to him, household costs are similar but she has a much smaller mortgage because she had larger share in divorce Oh and the OM she went off with earns twice as much as her! . Money in our household is tight. Sorry but we cant afford £400 for a ski trip.

Unctuous
Platinum Member

26 Feb 15 #456944 by Unctuous

Reply from Unctuous

Schools don''t help with this either. If at the start of the school year they laid out clearly what all the various costs would be it would make it a lot easier to budget these things.

*grumble grumble* #cashflowdivorceproblems

Child Maintenance Options
Moderator

26 Feb 15 #456974 by Child Maintenance Options

Reply from Child Maintenance Options

Hello Le_Marv

It is possible to change the terms of your Consent Order but to do this you will need to get legal advice. This usually results in going back to court to set out the application on a standard form. The court will then consider any changes.

Any Consent Orders that were endorsed after March 2003 are not legally subject to change unless they have been in place for at least 12 months. After 12 months, either parent can apply to the child maintenance Service and the Consent Order will no longer be valid. You may wish to seek legal advice as to where you stand.

Child maintenance can be arranged via a family-based arrangement, which is not legally enforceable. The Government’s statutory scheme, the Child Maintenance Service or via a Consent Order/Minute of Agreement. For more information on the different ways to set up child maintenance and for a more personalised service, you can visit the Child Maintenance Options website at www.cmoptions.org

The DWP have a sorting out separation web-app that you may find useful. It offers help and support to separating and separated families. The link is: www.wikivorce.com/divorce/Sorting-Out-Separation.html

Regards

William

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