child maintenance
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Hi All, looking for a bit of advice to try and help my brother out.
He has moved out of his family home leaving his 2 kids and x fiancee. He still see's his kids alot and has no problem paying the maintenance but in doing this he is now really struggling.
His kids are 1 & 10 and he pays the following
£250 mortgage (1/2)
£100 For her car loan (1/2)
£400 PM for the kids
He is also now living by himself paying £550 a month in rent + £120 C/T
+ His living costs.
His X has now said she wants £100 per week not per month (i.e £500 in Oct) but he simply cannot afford it.
What is the legal situation in this and how much is the normal % ?? ideally they dont want to go down the CSA Route
Thx for any advice
He has moved out of his family home leaving his 2 kids and x fiancee. He still see's his kids alot and has no problem paying the maintenance but in doing this he is now really struggling.
His kids are 1 & 10 and he pays the following
£250 mortgage (1/2)
£100 For her car loan (1/2)
£400 PM for the kids
He is also now living by himself paying £550 a month in rent + £120 C/T
+ His living costs.
His X has now said she wants £100 per week not per month (i.e £500 in Oct) but he simply cannot afford it.
What is the legal situation in this and how much is the normal % ?? ideally they dont want to go down the CSA Route
Thx for any advice
m3sye said:
Hi All, looking for a bit of advice to try and help my brother out.
He has moved out of his family home leaving his 2 kids and x fiancee. He still see's his kids alot and has no problem paying the maintenance but in doing this he is now really struggling.
His kids are 1 & 10 and he pays the following
£250 mortgage (1/2)
£100 For her car loan (1/2)
£400 PM for the kids
He is also now living by himself paying £550 a month in rent + £120 C/T
+ His living costs.
His X has now said she wants £100 per week not per month (i.e £500 in Oct) but he simply cannot afford it.
What is the legal situation in this and how much is the normal % ?? ideally they dont want to go down the CSA Route
Thx for any advice
First of all, why is he paying her car loan? If she wants a car, let her pay for it. Secondly, I assume the house is in joint names, otherwise he would have been kicking her out, and keeping the house himself, or not paying anything towards it.He has moved out of his family home leaving his 2 kids and x fiancee. He still see's his kids alot and has no problem paying the maintenance but in doing this he is now really struggling.
His kids are 1 & 10 and he pays the following
£250 mortgage (1/2)
£100 For her car loan (1/2)
£400 PM for the kids
He is also now living by himself paying £550 a month in rent + £120 C/T
+ His living costs.
His X has now said she wants £100 per week not per month (i.e £500 in Oct) but he simply cannot afford it.
What is the legal situation in this and how much is the normal % ?? ideally they dont want to go down the CSA Route
Thx for any advice
The CSA have a maintenance payment calculator, which may give him some idea of how much he would have to pay should it go down that route. https://secureonline.dwp.gov.uk/csa/v2/en/calculat...
I find with my ex, it is best to keep the maintenace payments just over what the CSA would take, as that way it works out better for both parties. i.e. I don't get hounded by the CSA, and she gets more of the money. (They take a cut out of what you would pay them, and pass the remainder onto your ex.)
With me it works out that I'm paying her £400 per month, for an 8 year old and a 4 year old. The CSA would take 350 from me. I've also agreed to go halves on school uniforms as necessary, which can be another 150 per year. Anything over thatis down to her, her mortgage, her car, her living expenses, the girls clothes.
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