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My partner pays for his 3 children and has them every weekend as agreed (covered in the CSA payment Agreement) and around 2 weeks out of the year school breaks which is not covered in the CSA payment agreement. He also has one of those children most of the holidays as he prefers time with his Dad (not covered in the CSA Payment agreement).. but the only thing that changes is he doesn't pay CSA for them on the FULL weeks he has them which is fair!
My question is for 7 weeks last year one child was with us for that length of time.. and although he didn't pay CSA for that one child.. he also didn't recieve a penny of that child's child benefit or weekly tax credits to help towards days out or clothes (as we have to provide clothes for them when they are with us).. my understanding is that is that specific child's money to help with food.. clothes.. days out etc??
Another question is that making CSA Payments, Does this cover the funding of school uniforms too? As he is always asked for extra money to put half towards?
Please help!
I think you would find it difficult to get any variation on the amount of CMS you pay if these arrangements are changeable.
In respect of the uniforms, it's not mandatory to share this cost if maintenance is being paid. Some dads share this cost, some refuse to. I think it's probably better to take extra costs on their merit and figure out whether it is affordable or necessary to share these costs and would it affect the children if they weren't shared.
My ex and I have always shared costs for activities and uniforms etc as they don't tend to be day to day costs, but each to their own really.
I agree with Yoda, the CSA don't have the concept of not paying for weeks when the child is with you, they simply work on a 1/7th reduction of what you pay her for each multiple of 52 nights per year that they stay with you.
Child maintenance covers everything you pay your e.g £50 per week that's your job done it's cheaper for who ever pays it lol
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