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CMS calculations Hi When the CMS carry out a calculation of maintenance they are also including benefits on my P11D from my company which are actually not cash benefits ... 08 May 19, by LoLa2017 Latest 09 May 19 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:1 :1113	Latest by WYSPECIAL 09 May 19
Divorce, Housing, Step child Living together nearly 10 years, married for 4 years. Husband wants the divorce. Husband a high earner 50k plus 50% bonus, private health care, shares, recent r ... 30 Apr 19, by Wembley1234 Latest 04 May 19 by Wembley1234 1 2 3	Replies:14 :2655	Latest by Wembley1234 04 May 19
CMS payments and school fees Hi everyone - my ex-wife has just opened a cms case and I will be the payer. When we got divorced the consent order stated “the respondent (me) will pay perio ... 29 Apr 19, by Wiki0105 Latest 01 May 19 by hadenoughnow	Replies:1 :1002	Latest by hadenoughnow 01 May 19
When is it financial abuse? Hi My husband has been paying child support for 3 years. We went through mediation and have a MOU but this was never made into a consent order (mostly ... 19 Apr 19, by Outonalimb21 Latest 20 Apr 19 by Outonalimb21 1 2	Replies:8 :1997	Latest by Outonalimb21 20 Apr 19
Reducing Child support Currently I am paying £300 per month child support, the CMA calculator based on my income shows £92.00 per month. I decided to pay above as I felt it the reas ... 06 Feb 19, by CB51 Latest 07 Feb 19 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:3 :1024	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 07 Feb 19
Change in Contact Order - what form?? Hi I'm sure this will have been asked several times in the past but when I search online I get varying answers. I currently have an order ... 17 Dec 18, by AlexanderPanda Latest 19 Dec 18 by Forseti	Replies:1 :731	Latest by Forseti 19 Dec 18
Death of Non Custodial Parent Mt ex husband died in April. The court awarded maintenance of £800pcm stopped when his accounts were frozen pending probate. This maintenance had been awarded ... 28 Nov 18, by Bentinck Latest 30 Nov 18 by Bentinck	Replies:4 :683	Latest by Bentinck 30 Nov 18
Giving up hope Hi everyone. Feels like it is time to give up but decided to try one more time. My ex husband doesnt see our daughter. He never showed up at the me ... 06 Oct 18, by Mom77 Latest 08 Oct 18 by Child Maintenance Options 1 2	Replies:7 :1679	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 08 Oct 18
Payment above CM ? Hi I am divorced and have an “agreed” payment set up direct to CM from my salary, for my two children. The ex has “managed” the amount ... 21 Aug 18, by Crany261164 Latest 21 Aug 18 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:1 :653	Latest by WYSPECIAL 21 Aug 18
CMS court appeal Hello, hoping someone has some experience of this. I am on the receiving end of a court appeal against the CMS award, but I cannot seem to find out what will ha ... 11 Aug 18, by HRabbit Latest 13 Aug 18 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:4 :641	Latest by WYSPECIAL 13 Aug 18
Agreeing to no spousal and or child support Have received a letter from my ex-wife's solicitor that she is seeking an agreement for both of us to forgo any future spousal maintenance or child support. (We ... 20 Jul 18, by GAP Latest 23 Jul 18 by hadenoughnow	Replies:1 :679	Latest by hadenoughnow 23 Jul 18
Consent Order (2002) complete?? Good afternoon, I have a consent order that has just finished in June due to my son being 18 and leaving school. He is looking to go to uni in ... 07 Jul 18, by Chain101 Latest 09 Jul 18 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:3 :922	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 09 Jul 18
Child maintenance variation as losing job Hi, I had a variation of spousal maintenance and child maintenance 2 years ago when taking a big reduction in income when losing a well paid job. The terms of ... 15 Jun 18, by pinotnoir1966 Latest 25 Jun 18 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:4 :933	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 25 Jun 18
Maintenance In the divorce offer he offered child maintenance set by CMS. After accepting this offer I applied for it. In the consent order, they had missed this bi ... 11 May 18, by Under60 Latest 14 May 18 by Under60	Replies:6 :804	Latest by Under60 14 May 18
Savings and Pension taken as income Hi all, I would really appreciate any help. Thank you in advance! Consent Order was signed in 2014. Child maintenance was included £300/month ... 22 Apr 18, by Mom77	Replies:0 :561
childcare vouchers in lieu of child maintenance Hi. I am a dad with a partner who has demanded "Child Maintenance" payments be paid. I said since we were together I would gladly pay for him but she ... 24 Mar 18, by AverageBloke14 Latest 26 Mar 18 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:5 :1869	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 26 Mar 18
not divorcing, was never married Hi, I hope someone on can help me. 12 years ago, I had a one night stand and now am being told I have a child with this woman. I now live overseas in the UK ... 05 Mar 18, by mccartney1981 Latest 09 Mar 18 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:1 :695	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 09 Mar 18
Consent Order due to finish in 5 months Once the order runs out (Son is already 18 and leaving 6th Form in June), can my ex legally ask me for any more money? You would have thought not but I ... 29 Jan 18, by Chain101 Latest 31 Jan 18 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:1 :665	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 31 Jan 18
Maintenance and accusations I’m a newbie on here so please be gentle as I’m looking for advice I have been with my partner off and on since the age of 12. We have 2 girls toge ... 13 Jan 18, by Confused step parent Latest 13 Jan 18 by Confused step parent	Replies:2 :700	Latest by Confused step parent 13 Jan 18
What would you do?? Divorced since Jan 2015, was then taken to court for shared residence which was denied and I was given full residency with the ex allowed access as and when the ... 07 Dec 17, by Doll1976	Replies:0 :674
CMS payments linked to RPI My ex is yet again harassing me via her tame pro-bono solicitor (her brother-in-law) She is demanding an increase in CMS payments in line with rpi but there is ... 15 Nov 17, by winford Latest 20 Nov 17 by spinit	Replies:3 :900	Latest by spinit 20 Nov 17
Child Support Upfront Hi, My ex-wife has asked if I can pay the child support (2 years remaining) upfront, in one lump sum, worked out as 24 months (2 years) x the current m ... 15 Nov 17, by heiney Latest 16 Nov 17 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:4 :798	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 16 Nov 17
payments child support is holding money i sent them and because i filed a form telling them to refund the money back to me once the child support is paid off, but i don' ... 28 Oct 17, by spacious Latest 30 Oct 17 by hadenoughnow	Replies:1 :537	Latest by hadenoughnow 30 Oct 17
Paying correct amount - help/advice Hi Wife is saying she wants more than the government calculator amount for child support. Can she demand this? I want to pay minimum and buy my chi ... 11 Sep 17, by Footy1234 Latest 01 Oct 17 by spinit 1 2	Replies:7 :1508	Latest by spinit 01 Oct 17
son''s disability finances/PIP Hi, I was wondering if anyone could advise me regarding my particular situation? I have a court ordered shared residence order from 2011 My son, who is ... 21 Apr 16, by Rumplestiltsk1n Latest 30 Sep 17 by hadenoughnow	Replies:2 :792	Latest by hadenoughnow 30 Sep 17
Hi I'm new and have a question Hello Im about to go ahead and start divorce proceedings and I want to know about child maintenance payments do they become part of the divorce and therefore le ... 04 Sep 17, by purpleprincessemma Latest 06 Sep 17 by purpleprincessemma	Replies:2 :810	Latest by purpleprincessemma 06 Sep 17
Childcare cost- whose responsibility is it? Hi, we are divorced, we did everything DIY way, I subimitted the divorce papers to the courts myself. I did not take spousal maintenance so that he wil ... 15 May 17, by let there be light Latest 03 Sep 17 by let there be light	Replies:4 :2077	Latest by let there be light 03 Sep 17
CMS wants child support money I've already paid What to do when CMS claims you didn't pay your child maintenance? I have standing order, the money is transferred into my ex's account every week. The CMS claim ... 01 Sep 17, by JonJ Latest 01 Sep 17 by JonJ	Replies:2 :655	Latest by JonJ 01 Sep 17
taking ex husband back to court after 4 years The judge left a periodical payment order open on our consent order because I think he could see that in years to come my ex husband would earn more whilst I wo ... 31 Aug 17, by artist mother Latest 31 Aug 17 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:5 :626	Latest by WYSPECIAL 31 Aug 17
CMS Appeal I had to appeal awards with CMS and had to enlist the help of my MP to get replies. They have done a mandatory review but rejected it due to inadequate evidence ... 30 Aug 17, by rajpoot	Replies:0 :686
Ex wants me to cease paying child support My ex and I share care of our son (he spends roughly 60% of his time with her and 40% with me). After years of making my payments through CSA, we then agreed a ... 23 Aug 17, by Frank Apple Latest 23 Aug 17 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:2 :685	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 23 Aug 17
Child maintenance enforcement I am wondering if anyone has been successful in having enforced child maintenance by the child maintenance service. I have not received maintenance sin ... 09 Aug 17, by Minni Latest 11 Aug 17 by sungirl	Replies:6 :793	Latest by sungirl 11 Aug 17
Involving the CMA during divorce process Hi. My solicitor has just served my divorce petition to the court for what we thought was going to be an amicable divorce with agreed child maintenance payments ... 04 Aug 17, by Daisy39902 Latest 04 Aug 17 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:2 :653	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 04 Aug 17
Minute of agreement My ex has not paid maintance this month. We separated about 3 years ago and had a minute of agreement set up and signed. Our son turned 16 in May and I appl ... 30 Jul 17, by Ravjoe Latest 31 Jul 17 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:1 :708	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 31 Jul 17
Educational expenses As part of our consent order there s provision for the 50/50 split of educational expenses (trips etc) for our son up until he completes a level 3 qual. Ex howe ... 21 Jul 17, by rajpoot Latest 24 Jul 17 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:1 :648	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 24 Jul 17
Child maintenance Hi could anyone please advise. My husband & his ex made there own agreement on child maintenance when they separated, he has paid this without fail for the ... 16 Jul 17, by Moopie Latest 18 Jul 17 by Moopie	Replies:6 :662	Latest by Moopie 18 Jul 17
School agreement I would like to have an answer to my question below please: My son will start school from September in the school we (Me and my Ex-husband agreed on) h ... 17 Jul 17, by Leyla Smith	Replies:0 :577
Maintenence Why does my ex husband have to pay maintenance for his step daughter? ... 12 Jul 17, by GRANITE Latest 13 Jul 17 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:3 :699	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 13 Jul 17
Gingerbread - Children Deserve More Report/Finding Came across this report about CM avoidance and the need for further CMS reforms to protect our children from able parents who play the system to avoid paying. 26 Jun 17, by Bubblegum11 Latest 07 Jul 17 by dutchelms 1 2 3 4	Replies:27 :2841	Latest by dutchelms 07 Jul 17
CMS appeal and barrister Hi all, is it recommended to get a barrister when attending a CMS appeal? It was a waste of money during the court order process. ... 24 Jun 17, by Castl3 Latest 26 Jun 17 by Castl3	Replies:2 :569	Latest by Castl3 26 Jun 17

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