[Solved] college

I think if they are in full time education, you will still have to pay. might be worth phoning CMS and discuss it with them?

You will be liable if the education is full time (over 12 hours per week) and non-advanced.

If the education is advanced i.e. HNC, HND or degree you may no longer liable.

Hi all,

I am new here, I have a daughter who be 17 in august of 2020 and is at collage/insititution doing a computer graphics courses. i have been paying maintance for her since she was 4, so that 13 years now by agreemnt with my ex wife. Now I have couple question in regards to this.
1. I do not know if my daughter course is longer then 12hrs long or how long the course is, how do find out that information ?
2 My ex is very high income and I not sure if she is being paid child benifit, I cannot find out that information
3 My income has take a hit recently due to Thomas cook and is now lower, so I have lower my maintance payment as my income is lesss then £75 per week. I do not work..Retired on private pension not sure how that effect me.
4. My daughter at difficult age and contact has stopped, is anything I can do improve that ?

Thanks

hi,

when was the last time you met or had any contact with your daughter?
do you have any contact with her mum?

you could try contact child benefit office and find out if your daughter still getting benefit. if shes not then, shes not longer entitled to it and really you should also stop paying child maintenance.

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hi bill,

Nice to meet you.

I can contact her mother, but we do not have a good relationship and try not to contact her unless it is very necassary, I have contact her recently and informed her of reduction of child support payment..No reply yet.

The benifits office will not give information about child benefits as I am not claiment, this make hard to find out information about what my ex is recieving.

The last time my daughter visited us was in October 2019, but only visit us twice in whole 2019 cancelling all other visit, but to honest they were stopped 2018. I took awhile to get use to that because for 12 years have reguarly month and school hoildays time as well.

Think I understand the current law and I not sure if still required to pay maintance but think I do as a private pension is considered to be income and want support my child as much as can when I am in position to do that.

I do not come undre CMS as I private agreement with my ex, they never been involved and should not be involved.

Well that is for now but can tell you that my penision is less then £375 per month and my understand is that its only my income that taken into account.

take care and thankyou

hi,

be careful, you think CMS do not need to get involved. but if your wife wants to get them involved, she can call them to make a claim, and they will open a claim.

Think thats unlikely as would not recieve as much money, acoording to goverment calcultor I should pay £31.01 per month as she getting more than that now and she is earning around £50,000 per year. i have been inform that my pension may stop in 2020 due Thomas Cook going bust, so she may get nothiing. Think it very unlikely that she go to the CMS..But if she does might help me and not her.