If my ex has our son for 10 nights a month, would my payments be affected?

December 3, 2013

I currently have a private arrangement with my ex husband for maintenance towards our son. I was awarded sole custody, no shared access and he is allowed to have his son 8 nights per month.

My ex has now asked for 10 nights per month. Although I have not agreed, would it affect any of my possible CSA payments in the future and also custody arrangements. Many thanks.

Comments

  • jo says:

    Surely contact your son has with his father is more paramount than csa payments?

  • Lisa says:

    Whats more important money or your child being with her dad?? Obviously another greedy cow, instead of lining your own pockets put your childs needs first!!!!!!!!

  • Mrs Beckham 2 says:

    WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    This is WHY I am right when I say the CSA encourages parental alienation, as it’s the PWC seeing the CSA money as ‘their’ payments!!! Like relying on the ££ as income!! FFS what you should be thinking is how lovely it is that the NRP wants to see his child more, have his child more nights……….not whether or not it affects your ‘earnings’!!!
    Have you considered the needs of the child?? The NRP?? And also, why can’t you see it as the more nights the NRP has the child, the less ££ YOU have to pay out re food etc!!
    A child is not YOURS or HIS….a child is shared, and the love should be shared, why can’t NRP and PWC agree that just because they can’t stand each other, the child still needs BOTH of them. 50/50 shared care is a child’s RIGHT!!!

  • anon says:

    In short, yes. It would reduce your payments by 2/7ths. But surely the relationship being built between father and son is more important than an extra 1/7th being deducted from your maintenance (assuming the CSA are already aware that there is band 1 shared care in place at present).

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