[Solved] Child Mainteance - What Does It Cover

depends on how reasonable the other party is . If it was my ex she would have to pay for her self because she batters me with the CMS so she is getting not a penny more off me also she is the most unreasonable person known to man.!

Hello Glenn

There is more than one way to arrange child maintenance and how it is worked out, as well as what is included in the payments, depends on the type of arrangement that is in place. I have explained how each type of arrangement would be affected below:

If you and the other parent have a family-based arrangement in place (an agreement between yourselves, without any involvement from the government or legal system), there are no set rules that you must follow. This means it would be up to the two of you to decide together what is considered reasonable when it comes to buying things your children need, such as car safety seats.

If your child maintenance is arranged by the government’s statutory service, the paying parent is only legally responsible for the amount worked out by them, and is not obliged to pay for anything extra. This means that anything additional you buy for your children, including car safety seats, would be done so voluntarily and would therefore, not be taken into consideration when calculating your child maintenance payments.

Alternatively if your child maintenance was arranged via the legal system (known as a Consent Order in England and Wales or a Minute of Agreement in Scotland), what is covered in your child maintenance payments would depend on the terms of the agreement set out in court. If the terms of your agreement are unclear, you may wish to consider seeking legal advice.

For information on 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

Child support pays for everything this is why many fathers love paying child support

Hi There,
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Child support covers anything they need while with your ex, but not for when they are with you, she doesn't have to send them with any additional clothes or car seats if she decides not too, and that would include child seats, if you can agree that she helps with the cost then great but if not you would need to pay for them.
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GTTS

I agree with GTTS, if the seats are for your car then it's your responsibility to provide them, of course there's nothing wrong with trying to negotiate with her, but if it's a sticking point it will be down to you I'm afraid.

Similarly, if the seats are for her car then it would be down to her to buy them.

If the seats were bought jointly, when you were still together, then you can suggest that you have one each and then buy one each.

All the best