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Hi all,
New to this so here goes.
My ex has just filed claim with CSA about my payments. We agreed through 'Family-based' arrangements and all has been well for last 3 years.
I contacted CSA and they said that she has stated I have contact with my kids for about 80 days a year. Given I had my kids for around 153 days last year of which 102 of those were nights, how is the system fair to the payments I owe to the ex?
My payments would go up by nearly £80 a month which is going to make things much much tighter. This also burns my beans due to the fact I know she won't use all that money for the kids......she'll use it on holidays for her and new trowels for the make up! Is there anyway we can ask to see receipts to what she uses the money for?
I still care for them, feed, cloth, take them out etc so can anyone tell me why those precious days I spend with them are not taken into account?
So please correct me if I'm wrong but for arguments sake, I could theoretically have my kids for 365 days a year and still pay the full amount of maintenance because they have spent no nights with me?
Thanks all....could go on but my head is running circles here.... ;;)
Hi
I'm afraid the CSA and CMS do work on the number of nights, and then in multiples of 52 nights, so at 102 nights, you are in the 52 nights bracket, so a 1/7th reduction, and if you try to get a few more nights to go over 104 nights, your ex may try to cut down your contact further. In addition, I'm afraid if there is a dispute in the number of nights that you and you ex claim are overnnights, the CSA/CMS seem to default to the position that 1 night a week (52 nights a year) is what they use for their calculation.
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