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Hi guys,
Newbie here and after some help.
Been through the debacle of court to spend time with my daughter.
Now in my court order it specifies that the child LIVES with me on specific days/dates and lives with her mother the rest of the time. I have my daughter 150 nights a year. The court order states specifically that she lives with me and not that she spends time with me.
Is there anything I can do to stop paying maintenance or just pay for the remainder of the 65 nights her mother has her extra than me?
Thanks in advance
Hello Grinshaw86
Child maintenance is payable to the parent with the main day-to-day care of a child. As the other parent has the main day-to-day of your daughter, you are required to pay child maintenance even if you have your daughter overnight. Overnight stays may reduce the amount of maintenance payable, however, it is still required.
For more information on all the different ways to set up child maintenance and for a more personalised service, you can visit the Child Maintenance Options website at http://www.cmoptions.org.
The DWP have a sorting out separation website that you may find useful. It offers help and support to separating and separated families. The link is: https://www.sortingoutseparation.org.uk/.
Regards
William
Hi There,
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As the advice above as you aren't the resident parent you are still required to pay maintenance, I do see to remember that if you have 50/50 shared care then you wouldn't pay anything under the newer CMS system but I know under the older CSA system you would just get a reduced amount to the payment schedule.
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They work out the reduction on the percentage of the time they spend nights with you, I would look at either the CSA calculator if you pay through them, or look at the CMS calculator if you haven;t set anything up officially through an agency, if you have a private agreement then at the moment you don't have anyone handling the case then you would go onto the CMS system as CSA is being closed and won't take any new cases.
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GTTS
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