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Can anyone please advise me on the following?
I have a consent order to make payments for my 2 daughters whilst in education but I lost my job and was unemployed for 15 months. My current wage is 38% less than I was earning when the order was made and I am struggling to make the payments of £450 a month. The order states that I must make periodical payments at the rate of £300 per and as from the date periodical payments to Daughter 1 cease, until Daughter 2 finishes full-time secondary or full-time tertiary education at the end of her first degree course, or attains the age of 21 year, at the rate of £450 per from when Daughter 2 (19 years old) ceases full-time secondary education the payments are to be made directly to her. So I have two questions
1) can the order be change to a more affordable amount as I am struggling to meet this amount every month
2) the money is going back to the mother even though I pay my daughter. She lives in halls of residence and the idea was that this money was to support her through university. I also tried to pay the monthly payment to Daughter 1 whilst she was away at university and she refused to take it so the money was paid direct to the mother which is not what is in the order.
I am fairly sure that you can go back to court to vary the order, and it's better that you do so, rather than wait for your ex to go for enforcement if you don't pay. If you do, get it based on a proportion of your income, rather than a set amount.
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