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Background – split 3 months ago, two kids (12 & 14), all reasonably amicable so far. Since split we have been sharing all the costs 50/50 where kids are concerned, they have been staying at our house and wife and I have taken turns living there (we both have alternate places to stay when the other is at the house with the kids).
New development is wife now wants to take things with her new boyfriend to next level so I have agreed to move out, let him move in and have the kids with me at my place 3days per week. This means that I don’t have to pay any of the house bills and wife’s boyfriend will pay me rent (I’ll still go 50/50 on the mortgage and own the half the house). He’s in fact an ok bloke, I don’t love wife anymore and he’s welcome to her, so no issues with that
We’ve agreed pretty much everything apart from maintenance payment from me to her – I suggested using the CSA calculator but I just don’t get how it doesn’t make any adjustment for the family allowance she gets or the disability living allowance she also gets for our son. It just seems to me because it happens to be paid into her account I’m losing out – or am I missing something? The calculator says I have to pay her £40 per week which seems rather a lot when in fact she is having them for only one more day per week than me and gets to keep all the benefits?
Any thoughts/advice would be gratefully received.
Thanks
No. I'm afraid you have it correct - the child benefit goes to the parent with care, and you reduce your payments by 3/7ths, but it does mean you are paying more than is strictly fair, unless you can work out a fairer arrangement yourselves.
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