[Solved] When can I stop

Are these payments through the CSA or a private agreement? If through the CSA, you can stop once she has left college - I think it goes in 3 month periods, so I think (but not completely sure) that you could stop in June.

Actd is correct..... it's also the 31st of May payments would stop

the last day of February
31 May
31 August
30 November

Thanks Guys

It is not through the CSA I have been paying for 7 years through a personal agreement of d/d, so, great then I can stop in June, do I just stop the d/d or should I tell her,so I also pay the mortgage as well, I still have a son who is 16 and he is going to college in August , so so I still pay for him then

I feel useless as my daughter refuses to talk or what I dont know, and with the ex everything is my fault sorry for rattling on

As its a private agreement, it's up to you whether you tell the ex your stopping it

Hi Greyhound

Thank you for your query. I am William, the Child Maintenance Options consultant. I will provide some information that may help answer your query.

With you having a private or family-based arrangement in place for your daughter, there are no strict rules to stick to. Therefore, both you and your ex-partner have the freedom to decide the terms of your own arrangement, such as when your child maintenance will stop. This is because a family-based arrangement is not legally-binding and there is no involvement from the courts or the statutory child maintenance service.

If you and your ex-partner are unable to agree, you may wish to use the statutory rules for your arrangement. Regular child maintenance payments must be made until a child is 16 years old, or 20 if they are in full-time, non-advanced education (A-level or equivalent), or for as long as Child Benefit is being paid. The definition of full-time education is more than 12 hours a week of study. You can find more information on the statutory rules on Gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/when-child-maintenance-payments-stop.

For more information on the ways to set up child maintenance, please visit our website at http://www.cmoptions.org. Alternatively, you can call us free on 0800 988 0988 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday or 9am and 4pm on a Saturday. We have a sorting out separation web-app that you may find useful. It offers help and support to separating and separated families. The link is: www.dad.info/divorce-and-separation/sorting-out-separation.

Regards

William