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She has a diagnosis of aspergers but I think she receives a separate benefit for that.
"not funding my ex's life purposes" - Sadly I think a lot of payments do just that, certainly in my case. Just a shame the CMS and CBA make it all too easy..
Just tagging onto this and checking that your daughter does not require any special support? I am not sure if that makes any difference at all, but otherwise I would agree that your support should stop and it seems logical as actd suggested to contact them and stop.
My question is, my daughter is now 15 and would be considered special needs at her mainstream school. Therefore it is likely she will have extended education before hopefully finding a job that she can fit into, whenever that is. I believe that I will continue paying child maintenance(through CMS) until she is 20, but would I have obligations beyond that?
Of course, I understand that if she has needs that requires extra costs to my ex wife beyond 20 that I would continue with financial support, however as with many on here, I would prefer to be making that decision myself and paying my daughter directly, not funding my ex's life purposes.
Hopefully someone may know and maybe has relevance to the original question.
Thanks
She has a diagnosis of aspergers but I think she receives a separate benefit for that.
"not funding my ex's life purposes" - Sadly I think a lot of payments do just that, certainly in my case. Just a shame the CMS and CBA make it all too easy..
I think, though I could be wrong, that CMS don't deal with any child maintenance payments where there are special needs - I think this is where the courts can make a maintenance order and the CMS won't overrule. Would need to be verified with CMS though.
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