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I couldn't find any reliable information around what happens to Child Maintenance payments to an ex with whom my son lives with if I was to have another child with new partner?
Does the CM payment half as I have 2 children to cater for?
I am grateful to any help or advice.
Thanks
Wazz
The amount which is used to calculate your maintenance payment goes down - 11% for one child, 14% for 2 children, 16% for three or more
This is for each child living with you received child benefit (so includes step children) - best of using the child maintenance calculator to work out new payment - https://www.cmoptions.org/en/calculator/
No I don't think your payment would get reduced by half... Here's a link to more information
Hello Wazz786
In circumstances where you have another child with a new partner, a reduction would be applied to your maintenance, to ensure that the payments reflect this.
As Mojo mentioned, there is a useful link available on the Gov.UK website, which explains how child maintenance is worked out. You can find this, as well as information about how they apply reductions, by clicking this link here. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/672432/how-we-work-out-child-maintenance.pdf
Despite the above, if you currently have a mutual agreement (what is commonly referred to as a 'family-based arrangement') in place, it is between yourself and your ex-partner to negotiate what your payments would be. This is because family-based arrangements are non-legally binding, giving you the freedom to decide between yourselves how your maintenance payments should change.
If you do have a family-based arrangement, and would like to base your agreement on Government guidelines, the Child Maintenance Options website features an online calculator which you may find useful. This will give you an estimation of how much you would be expected to pay, and can be used as a starting point for your negotiation.
You can visit the Child Maintenance Options website by clicking the link here: http://www.cmoptions.org.
If you do not have a family-based arrangement in place currently, and instead your maintenance has been worked out by either the Child Support Agency (CSA) or the Child Maintenance Service, you would need to contact them directly to inform them of a change in your circumstances.
If you would like any further information about child maintenance, and to receive a more personalised service, you can contact Child Maintenance Options directly.
You may also be interested to know that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have a website, Sorting out Separation. It aims to make it much easier when you are separated to find the support you need, when and where you need it on a range of concerns, including, money, housing, employment, legal and parenting apart. You can view the website at https://www.sortingoutseparation.org.uk/.
Regards
William
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