[Solved] 50/50 Shared care 28 dayMeWith him 28 day with her

If you have your child stay over for more then 52 days a year, you should pay a reduced amount. The best thing to do is ring them and ask them.

Don't let them, or your wife fob you off.

If you google the CSA calculator and input your details then it will give you a rough idea of what you might expect to pay. There is also a sticky at the top of this section called "how does the CSA calculate payments" you might find that useful.

Hi, Im because im LTD company I don't know what they will take into account at the minute will they take into account what the company earns or myself as an individual because I pay myself 12,000 PA and give myself a Dividend monthly of around 1000-3000 depending on what I need that month?

My second son is self employed and when he and his ex split there was some argument about how
much my son should pay.
Up until then he had been paying over and beyond what he needed to
The CSA sent out some paperwork and whilst my sons ex was hoping for a bigger three figure outcome
and we were all shocked to discover that due to the fact his son is staying over about 48% of the time
he needed to pay less than £15 a week.
So yes..get onto the calculator to start off with and then get in touch with the CSA.
We found them to be helpful....might just have been lucky with the person dealing with
my sons case...lol.

Good luck
Kirsten

Thanks Kirsten, and all that have replied

Ive filled in Enquiry form as requested now so will have to see what comes back fingers crossed.

Think shes just got her Greed head on since we split up her true colours are coming out.

Hopefully I will pay similar. 🙂

When my ex decided that she would be entitled to 40% of my income (don't know where she got that one from) the CSA looked at our 50/50 split and awarded her £24 a week.

She laughed and gave me loads of grief when my school folded and I lost my job but the laughter stopped when they adjusted the payment to £8 a week 🙂 The funny thing was that my working tax and child tax credits went up, I got a job at another school within walking distance of my house, and now i'm cumulatively on the same wage that i was before- but she's only getting £32 a month.

I kind of feel a bit mean posting that but i'm still laughing- just like she did 🙂

My ex has just had the CMS calculate as she felt I was not paying enough.

The CMS calculated £70PM less that I was paying so her greed hasnt done her any favours and gives me more money to spend on our children.

It made me smile also.

My ex has just had the CMS calculate as she felt I was not paying enough.

The CMS calculated £70PM less that I was paying so her greed hasnt done her any favours and gives me more money to spend on our children.

It made me smile also.

This is good to hear.

Greed seems to be the main reason ex partners tend to go to the CSA as they see it as a cash cow.

Her greed is what prompted her to only let me have our children 26Hrs a week initialy. One overnight stay and a couple o fhours midweek.

On the first hearing this was put right however due to her health and psychiatric history (and other stuff) I am have requested sole residency.

She has fought tooth and nail with many underhanded accusations and refuses even shared residency.

Greed seems to play a large part for some.

Regards,

Dave

Hi Bluenose

Thank you for your post. I am William the Child Maintenance Options consultant. With you having a case with the Child Support Agency (CSA), you would need to contact them to see where you stand on your shared care situation. Please find some information regarding how they deal with shared care which may help you.

The CSA takes shared care into account in different ways depending on your child maintenance rate. Shared care applies if the paying parent provides overnight care for at least 52 nights per year before a liability will be reduced. This is based on the agreement with the receiving parent and or evidence. Shared care is usually determined over a twelve month basis, but shorter periods can be considered in appropriate cases.

Shared care is then taken into account, based on the number of nights of shared care for each child. The amount of child maintenance to be paid is then reduced by up to 50 per cent plus a further £7 reduction, depending on the number of nights, as long as this is for more than 175 days or more a year.

The CSA calculate child maintenance as a percentage of your net weekly income - this is to ensure that payments are affordable. They will take into account any other children that live in your household and also any other children that you are required to pay maintenance for. You will need to speak to the CSA directly to discuss if your dividends would be taking into consideration. You can find details of how to contact them via any letters they have sent you or the following link: http://www.gov.uk/child-maintenance provides their contact details.

There is 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.dad.info/divorce-and-separation/sorting-out-separation.
To find out more about how Child Maintenance Options can help you visit http://www.cmoptions.org or call us free on 0800 988 0988 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday or 9am and 4pm on Saturday.
I hope this helps.

William