Child Maintenance

[Klunt Bumskrint]

Anyone here an expert in Child Maintenance.

I've been trying to get maintenance for years from my waste of space ex wife, I'm trying to work out how she can legitimately say she earns less than £7 a week and how can they accept that? I know it's not true.

Surely how can you live, she has 2 vehicles, a nice little cottage.

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Any dads suffering bad ex's that don't contribute?

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

Cottage is a rental, cars are paid for because they're old now. She runs a business selling things she makes and resells on Facebook.

She doesn't contribute ANYTHING, not even school shoes etc.

I get how they work it out but I'm positive she's fudging figures

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

Potentially on benefits?

If that were the case she'd have to pay the flat rate

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

Then Contact the Child Maintenace Service.

I would but they've not been helpful in the past. I also have no PROOF of her earnings so I feel it would be futile

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

Hopefully it's not too personal a question, but do you need the money?

If not, I'd let it go, and not put too much of myself into thinking about it.

She'll regret it one day.

It's more the principle, I have to pay for everything, we have 4 children and its just not right. I don't underhand how it's acceptable.

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

Does she have contact with the child and have you tried talking to her about it as involving the government generally makes people less likely to cooperate.

You can't talk to her, she's been here once in 18 months. I sent her a long carefully worded email recently to try to make her see sense.

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

We were together for over 20 years then over the space of a year or two she changed, she met somebody who agreed with her new ideals and preferred him. She used to be the model mother, I was blind to it until it was too late.
I just want her to play her part, this £7 a week thing just irritates me because any sane person looking at that must know it's rubbish.

Thanks for the support anyway guys

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

I may be the only one, but I find it rather worrying, that someone who is earning £8 per WEEK, would be expected to make contributions. One hour a week at minimum wage...

The point is that she isn't, people can't live on that without benefits which she obviously doesn't get because if she did shed have to pay a flat rate.

This is an example of my irritation.
She is going to Cornwall to spend a week in a hotel next week, taking our eldest and our 2 youngest, (our other daughter doesn't want anything to do with her).

Can't afford to contribute anything to raising her children but can afford holidays. She had a month round Europe last year.