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new here just looking for some advice ,
i travel about 1 an half hours to 2 hours by train an bus to pick my 2 kids up evwry 2 weeks for the weekend i pay for them on trains / bus and csa have asked for an amount which if i pay means i cant see my chilldren as i cant afford to pay the travels and the fees if i called and spoke about travel would the consider lowing by the amount i pay ....
my ex doesnt move an inch from her house to help with travel.
Hi
Yes, if you are talking about the most CMS rules (any new cases since 2013 will be under these new rules), the non-resident parent can ask CMS to apply a "variation" for contact costs (but they must be over £10), and shared care (if you have your children stay over night with you 1 night or more per week on average).
See here:
The way it is applied is it is taken OFF your weekly gross income (before any reduction in shared care is made) - and this new gross income figure is used to calculate a new maintenance payment.
You can use this calculator - but you need to do work out the travel costs and do the variation manually, as described above:
http://www.cmoptions.org/en/calculator/
hope helps
THL
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