child benefit problems, OH not paying up.
Discussion
i'll try to be brief.
me and my ex split up about 3 yrs ago, we lived in the house i own for roughly 4 years. she gets the child benefit payments from the government. we take care of our child equally - alternate weeks and have a verbal agreement whereby she pays me half the benefit each month. last december the payments stopped, i was very patient and gave her some leeway, agreeing after her wedding (may this year) that she would pay me the full benefit each month untill such time she had paid what was owed. however payments have stopped again.
my patience has run out and i have threatened to get the csa involved, to which her reply was she will claim for half of my house for the time we lived together.
so can she make a retrograde claim for half of my stuff? (we were never married)
can we claim half the benefit each?
is there a stress free way for me to claim whats owed?
me and my ex split up about 3 yrs ago, we lived in the house i own for roughly 4 years. she gets the child benefit payments from the government. we take care of our child equally - alternate weeks and have a verbal agreement whereby she pays me half the benefit each month. last december the payments stopped, i was very patient and gave her some leeway, agreeing after her wedding (may this year) that she would pay me the full benefit each month untill such time she had paid what was owed. however payments have stopped again.
my patience has run out and i have threatened to get the csa involved, to which her reply was she will claim for half of my house for the time we lived together.
so can she make a retrograde claim for half of my stuff? (we were never married)
can we claim half the benefit each?
is there a stress free way for me to claim whats owed?
Jon1967x said:
Is your income greater than her income including child maintenance? If you follow the simple logic of you paying her maintenance for the week she has the child, and she pays you for the week you do, the one earning the most will pay something to the other in proportion to the difference.
i probably do earn more than she, however im not sure, from what ive read, that the legal system follows your simple logic.ging84 said:
I have read on here of some people saying they have had to make a payment to an ex unmarried partner even though they paid nothing into the home, so such claims can be genuine the claim being based on part of capital gain of the property during the time they shared it.
But going by your dates, about 2007 to 2011 must have been the time you lived together, more likely to have lost equity rather than gained it during that period, perhaps you should suggest you would be happy for her to make you a payment sharing in that loss.
this does seem to be valid and usefull ammo, i mean info.But going by your dates, about 2007 to 2011 must have been the time you lived together, more likely to have lost equity rather than gained it during that period, perhaps you should suggest you would be happy for her to make you a payment sharing in that loss.
can't remember said:
You drive a Porsche and are wanting to claim back 1/2 the child benefit. Move on, love your kids, and forget about her.
not sure my car is relavent (it cost less than you last pair of shoes).however from the info above and google it seems getting an authority involved will incur some sort of maintenance cost. probably not in my favour. which leaves small claims or solicitors, neither of which would be amicable.
or as some have suggested, accept the current situation. fair play does not seem to apply.
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